Torn Between The Carter Brothers

The first place on my list of wooing Addison today was a museum, so I'd shower her with compliments while we

check out ancient artworks. Right after we pulled up there and got out of the car, Aisha was at my side in the

next second, pressing up againstas she blinked up at me. | felt my eyes twitch a little, and | wondered how

she could be this shameless.

“My corset buttons coff, helpfix it?” She asked, still pressed up against me. Again, | was tempted to

fully shoot this down, but | reminded myself that | might really need her help at a point, so to me, it's

undoubtedly a good thing that she’s clearly so attracted to me. | mean, to get a hand on Marco’s phone in order

to get any solid dirt, | might have to employ her help.

“Of course, why not?”

As | did her corset buttons up, she began to talk my ears off almost immediately. However, | was barely listening

to what she was saying, because from the side of my eyes, | caught sight of Marco whispering something to

Addison while she blushed and laughed.

| felt irritation shrug through me.

Fucking Marco.

| couldn’t afford for him to connect with Addison today at all, else he’d ruin the little progress I've

made with Addison, and | couldn’t have that just yet.

“Do you like the color of my top? | heard green is your favorite color, so | thought to wear this today.” Aisha was

saying and | forced myself to focus on her again, then I stifled a sigh.

This is such a hassle cause I'm not into her one bit.

It hitjust now, that seducing Addison and doing all what I've been doing with her since | arrived, hadn't

causeda lot of hassle because I'm actually attracted to her. After all, | had thought it was gonna be a lot of

work to get turned on in order to fuck her, but alas, | had been met with the complete.

Deciding not to dwell on that right now, | shoved that thought to the back of my mind and focused on Aisha, “Is

that so? I'm very much flattered.” | sighed out and she grinned, clearly pleased, but | was rolling my eyes on the

inside cause green wasn’t even my favorite color, it was grey.

“I'll be right back,” I tell her before striding to where Marco and Addison were speaking at the back of the car,

and | placed my hand around Addison’s waist once | was beside her.

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Marco bristled as he glared at me. “I don’t understand, can’t | speak to my friend privately without you

intruding?”

| scoffed before responding. “Well, you can’t, cause should your fiancee cover and accuse her of seducing

you, you'll remain mute.” | snapped and he bristled again, his face red with anger.

“You're controlling and imposing, cause Addison and | are cool, and | already apologized about that!” He gritted

out and | felt surprised.

Marco apologizing? He must really really love Addison and couldn’t stand the thought of completely losing her at

all.

Marco was speaking to Addison this time. “Does he control you? Force you to do things? Just tell me

and...”

Addison shook her head. “He doesn’t, | promise.”

After Marco finally left to go meet Aisha who was on her phone, | regarded Addison for a few seconds.

“What were you two talking about?” | asked, feeling suspicious that he had confessed his feelings to her or

something. But if he had, she definitely would have told him the entire truth of our fake relationship.

“Oh, he was just talking about the last the was here. He said he wished he had broughtalong the last

the was here because so many things in the museum reminded him of me.”

Fucking Marco. Of course he had said that. He was such a fucking sly snake. He knew the words to say to

Addison to keep her longing for him, without fully giving himself to her.

But | couldnt have that bastard ruin all the progress I've made with Addison so far.

“You should feign disinterest when next he comes to talk to you about something throughout the rest of our

double date, okay?”

“Why? But we won't be in anywhere private.”

Good point.

“That's to cause intrigue and yearning. He'll be confused, and he'll try to press even harder because to him,

that’s unusual of you. He'll want you even more.” | just blurted out a whole lot of bullshit that sounded

reasonable enough. Addison thought about it for a few seconds before slowly nodding, and |

heaved in relief.

“Okay.”

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| cupped her cheek, fully intending on doing something intimate right now to completely take her mind off Marco

for now. However, as | stroked her cheek with my thumb, something warm unfurled in my chest, and | was

consumed with an urge to kiss her, and | wasn’t sure if that urge was because of my plan to seduce her... or

because | actually wanted it.

I didn’t end up kissing her, but after we rounded the car, Marco was saying something to Aisha then they were

briefly kissing and he briefly squeezed her ass. Beside me, Addison scowled darkly at the sight, and watching her

scowl tookback to a particular thought of mine- that perhaps this couple coming with us today is a blessing

in disguise. Addison having to watch this, would get her annoyed and more vulnerable, leaving her thirsty for

something like that, and that's where I'll cin.

In the museum, as we stood before the oil painting of a woman that seemed to be molded by the sun itself, |

turned towards Addison, fully intending on telling how she glowed like that painting. However, fucking Marco

beatto it.

“This artwork radiates the senergy as you, Addison."

As expected, Addison blushed, and I forced myself to not glare at Marco and to instead remain very

collected.

“This jewel is as beautiful as your eyes, bunny.” | said to her just minutes later, and again, Addison blushed

beautifully.

“Really?”

| nodded, reaching out to stroke her hair out of her face, cause | could, but Marco couldn't.

“Of course. If it's up for sale, I'll buy it right now no matter the price.” | continued and she flushed while shaking

her head.

“Oh | don’t think that’s importan-" she was speaking when Marco nodded.

“Exactly, Addison. That jewel is ugly on top of that.”

This time, | scowled at him while he scowled back at him. With our eyes still locked, | pulled Addison into my

side, enjoying the way his eyes visibly darkened with anger.

We went deeper into the museum, and Marco and | still kept subtly fighting over who complimented Addison the

most. | couldn't believe that | was presently in a situation like this.

Aisha was just trailing behind us, completely engrossed in her phone. She had complained about museums being

boring a minute after we all stepped into the large building. Marco had offered for her to wait in the car but she

had refused.

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Despite the competition between myself and Marco right now, | was winning the most points cause unlike him |

could touch Addison along with each compliment or nuzzle her cheek and throat, and that kept worsening

Marco’s mood.

“That ring is too expensive for Addison. You think she can afford it with how poor she is?” He demanded when |

told Addison a ring we were examining would look even better on her.

Marco was so predictable. | had predicted that he'd go down this route once he saw that | was having

more effect on Addison compared to him.

Addison had a hurt expression on. “Oh.”

Seeing this as the best avenue to make her gravitate toeven more, and cause weirdly, | felt annoyed by

what he just said- | took her hand in mine as | spoke. “I'll buy you all the rings in the world to make you smile.”

It worked, and she beamed shyly at me, the sight doing something to my inside. | leaned forward and kissed her

forehead, and she melted against me.

When | pulled back, Marco was glaring atas expected.

“Do you remember the last twe were here, brother?” He asked and I tensed up. He doesn’t callthat

anymore, it sounded so weird on his tongue right now. Once upon a time, Marco loved and cared forlike | did

him, till it all went downhill.

“Yeah, about a decade ago.” | muttered and Addison looked between us in surprise.

| couldn't fully remember what happened back then, but I just knew we had a fight, our biggest fight

that started the drift between us.

“It was the night after you fucked my first girlfriend.” Marco drawled and Addison gasped between us.

As soon as Marco said those words, more memories returned to my mind- of us running around in the museum

while our parents complained that we’d get thrown out. Marco had received a breakup. text from his girlfriend,

and in the text, she had included that we fucked the previous night, and that it was the reason she got together

with Marco, to get to me.

“That's not true, | didn’t know she was your girlfriend.” | pointed out, which was the truth. Granted, back then,

Marco did tellabout his girlfriend whom he loved so much, but he didn’t showa picture of her. There was

no way forto know that she was his girlfriend when we met at a party, then fell into bed together right after.

“You lying bastard. You did. | told you her name, what she looked like, and even now she smelled like!

you still fucked her, cause you always desire everything that’s mine.” He gritted out and | felt anger

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start to build up within me.

“Her name? What she smelt like? How the fuck was i supposed to remember that in a party when i

was buzzed as hell?”

“Excuses, excuses.” He sneered and after that, one thing led to another, till we were punching each other and

crashing into one of the artwork locked away in a protective glass.

After that, the museum automatically shut down, then water rained down on us and as all got drenched. Aisha

was screaming in horror over her getting wet, Addison was asking if | was okay, Marco was still trying to punch