Torn Between The Carter Brothers

Chapter 54

Addison

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Marco's face was in a pinched expression as he exhaled slowly, then he reached for my free hand across the

table and took it in his, right before he responded.

“That was because | was fighting against my feelings for you. Doing that helped, and that’s why | kept doing it.”

“Oh.” I mumbled as | swallowed emptily again, unsure of how to react this time.

“And | was angry you were with my brother when I still liked you and | knew you still liked me.” There was a

confident edge at the end of his sentence but | couldn’t fault him for that cause it wasn’t like he was wrong

anyway.

“I- 1 guess | understand then,” | finally muttered, watching as he smiled softly, a look which hadweak kneed.

“I knew you’d understand, Addi.”

“But | didn’t like it though. It was really annoying.” | added and he nodded before kissing my knuckle.

“I know, Addi. And I'm sorry, it won't happen again.”

After that, the waiter returned with our food and as we began to eat, we spoke about a lot of things relating to

our past. Apparently, while | was hurting from heartbreak five years ago, he had also been yearning forbut

had to stay Ari because of his parents.

“If you hadn't caught Aisha cheating, would you have called off the wedding?” | asked at a point and this time,

he snorted.

“I never actually caught her cheating that day. | knew she had been cheating onfor a long while, but I never

cared cause | was only with her to please my parents,” he revealed and my eyes widened in utter shock.

“Wow.”

He snorted as he nodded. “Yeah. | was still gonna marry her that way even though my heart was with someone

else, but after you rejectedthat morning since | couldn't let you fully have me, | began to have second

thoughts.”

“I had thought I'd be able to stomach not being with you. After all, | learned to live with that for five years.

However, seeing you with my brother was kinda the last straw, and the thought of you being with him while | got

stuck in a loveless marriage with Aisha was just too much for me, so | brought up Aisha’s cheating as an excuse

forto call off the wedding. | had proof of her cheating for a while so that wasn’t hard to provide.”

“Wow!” | whispered, cause that seemed to be all | could say for now.

From his explanation, it means Zane’s words ended up coming to pass, that his brother would definitely want me

after seeingwith him.

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Which means in a way, | owe my thanks to Zane for making this possible.

| was pulled out of my thoughts by Marco.

“So, did you and my brother really date? Or was it really just a ruse to getmad? If it was a ruse, | have to

admit that it did its job cause | was so mad whenever | saw you in his arms.”

| bit on my tongue, unsure of how to respond right now. | guess I'm supposed to tell him the truth right now, that

Zane and | never really dated, but | felt conflicted right now, so | ended up lying, cause for sreason, it felt

better to do that.

“We did date,” | admitted and Marco huffed, clearly not pleased at all.

“Well, at least you're done with him now.” He muttered and | nodded fast.

“Yes, of course.”

He grinned as he leaned forward this time. “Was he mad when you broke things with him?” He asked and |

spluttered.

“I- I don’t... | don’t know?” | muttered and he laughed, till he almost fell out of his seat.

“Oh I wish | could have seen his face when he did that. Women never rejects him and I'm sure he’s never been

dumped before. Bet he was mad as hell.”

| shifted around awkwardly while clearing my throat, hating that we were talking about Zane right now. | didn’t

dump Zane cause we never even dated, but | doubt he'd get mad if we had actually dated and he got dumped.

He's the type to easily move to the next quest without bating an eye.

“What if | video call Zane right now? Just so | could show him the two of us right now, then we'll get to see his

angry face.” Marco spoke and | blanched as | shook my head fast while my heart pounded hard against my ribs.

“W- what? No! That's unnecessary as hell and childish.” | responded as my heartbeat accelerated again. Seeing

Zane's face right now would only makestart thinking about him again and I'd rather not.

Marco sighed as he nodded. “I guess you're right.”

After that, he reached for my hand across the table and clasped it in his as he spoke.

“I love you, Addison,”

My heart hammered against my ribs as | gulped.

“I love you too, Marco.”

| waited for a rush of happiness to flood my insides at once, but when it didn’t after seconds went by, | gathered

that was because before this moment we've known that we both loved each other, so it wasn’t something new

and shocking.

“Be my girlfriend?” He spoke next and my heart flew into my throat this time

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“Yes!” | responded before I could think twice.

Then | blinked and held a hand up, “Wait, is Aisha really out of the picture?”

He snorted as he let out a huff. “Of course she is!”

| beamed at him this twhile my heart thumped away. “Then I'd love to be your girlfriend.”

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When he rose from his seat and caround to kiss me, | let my eyes slid shut while waiting for my heart to

flutter... but it didn’t.

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