Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Addison

The bed was empty when | woke up the next morning.

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As | got out of the bed and remembered that today was Marco’s and Aisha’s wedding day. | felt a deep wave of

sadness settle over me. | felt stupid to have cried so much in Zane’s arms last night, but he heldthroughout,

his fingers running through my hair, his mouth whispering quiet, comforting words into my ears till | fell asleep.

| wondered where he went to?

As | showered in the bathroom, | wondered how | was gonna survive today. How was | gonna successfully pretend

like | was happy for Marco without breaking down? In the back of my mind, | was happy that at least | had Zane

to be withthroughout today, I'd be able to draw strength from him, plus, it’s a good thing that it seems like

we've grown closer in just a few days. | wondered if we could still stay in contact after we leave this place, but |

doubt if that was gonna be a good idea seeing as we had fucked once, so that didn’t seem ideal. Besides, our

circle are clearly completely different from each other.

My heart ached in my chest and | sighed as | dried myself off, deciding that | wouldn't be feeling this heartbroken

if I hadn't been hoping that Marco would end the damn wedding and cbe with me. If | had listened to my

best friend and worked on getting over Marco and accepting the reality, then by now | probably wouldn't be

feeling this hurt, like | might burst into tears at the sight of Aisha in her wedding dress.

| assured myself that | wouldn't do that though. In fact, | refuse to break down today no matter what, because it

wouldn't change anything so what was the point?

Zane still wasn’t here when | got out of the bathroom, and | felt a little embarrassed on remembering that |

asked that we fuck yesterday but he refused. Now that | wasn’t clouded with hurt, | was glad that he hadn't

agreed to my request. Fucking him was just gonna make forgetting him harder, so | was glad he didn’t do that

last night.

When | went to the closet to get dressed, | was shocked at the sight of one part of the closet being completely

empty. All of Zane stuff was... gone.

My eyes widened while my heart fell into my stomach.

He left already?

My mind reeled as | tried to wrapped my head around this situation.

He was supposed to act like my fake boyfriend till the end of the wedding! So, why would he leave

now?

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Panic began to bubble withinand | felt the urge to break down again, cause how would I go through today

without having him to lean on? | felt a huge stab of betrayal withinright now. Why would he leave without

tellingat least?

He didn’t oweanything, yet | felt so betrayed, like | got stabbed in the chest by him.

| pushed back the urge to cry when the burstling from downstairs reached me. | needed to be out there soon,

there was no tto waste. | couldn't lie and claim to be too sick to attend the wedding, that would be too

ridiculous a lie.

Which means | have to attend the wedding no matter what.

| felt so dejected as | walked down the stairs, already dressed in one of the dresses and heels Zane got for me. |

might be feeling hurt by him ditchingjust like this, after it felt like we shared a little bit of something- but |

was logical enough to dress in this exquisite dress over one of my cheaper ones.

Everywhere was crowded with people filing around doing different things, a lot of people were getting their

makeup done, while swere eating while walking around.

Having no emotional strength for any of this, | began to walk at the sides of the walls, fully intending on blending

into the shadows throughout today. | would even refrain from wishing Marco congratulations one on one, before |

stupidly burst into tears in his

presence.

Throughout yesterday, | had hoped Marco would ctry to apologize tofor lying to Zane that I kissed him

in the kitchen, then | had hoped we'd have a conversation from there, and he’d hopefully finally reveal the truth

which he said he wanted to telltwo days ago, and | planned to also tell him that | saw Aisha and a man

fucking. But he didn’t even come, and feeling too dejected, i went off to cry at the beach till Zane showed up.

As | managed to step out of the crowded house, | was feeling relieved to have successfully avoided Mrs. Carter. |

wasn't sure I'd be able to handle a conversation with her in my present state.

| felt hollow on the inside right now and hadn't realized just how much Zane’s presence used to comforttill

right now whereby I'm presently feeling cold and abandoned... abandoned feels stretched and exaggerated, but

that’s how I feel on the inside.

| let out a startled sound when | almost ran into someone who seemed to have emerged out of nowhere, and |

blinked up at Marco, shocked out of my wits.

As | stared at him right now, longing filled my entire veins, mixed with anger and irritation. Irritation cause

clearly he still couldn’t see the one who actually deserved him, which is me, and anger cause he made no

attempt to apologize tothroughout yesterday.

| was about to walk past him despite how everything withinwanted a kiss from him, when his hand clamped

over my wrist, making my eyes widened as | blinked up at him.

“What are you doing?” | whispered shakily, my eyes darting around cause anyone could easily see

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Instead of responding, he began to tugalong with him, to the side of a large piller. | tried pulling my wrist

from his hold, not wanting to be alone with him on today of all days, when he’s dressed in a dreamy looking suit,

one which he was gonna wed Aisha in.

When he let go of me, | glared at him and tried stepping around him, but he grabbed my waist and pulled me

back, making my heart stutter in my chest.

“Just listen to me, Addison. | wanna tell you something, please.”

| shook my head vehemently. The fact that the wedding wasn’t called off yet means he’s undoubtedly getting

married to Aisha, so whatever it is that he wants to say doesn’t matter, and | was certain it wouldn't hold water

cause it definitely won't be the words | desperately want to hear from him.

“Letgo, Marco. Your wedding is today, you shouldn't be here right now.”

He shook his head firmly. “Fuck the wedding, Ad. This is more important,”

My eyes almost fell out of their sockets at those words, and | blinked once, but he still didn’t take

them back.

As | blinked solely in confusion, my heart pounded away as he stepped closer to me, reaching up to cup the side

of my face.

“I- I'm still in love with

you, Addison.”

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