Wanting my best friend’s brother
Linda, a driven fashion designer scarred by heartbreak, has sworn off men completely and built a wall around her heart, she was convinced that men only desire her for her body. Love, for Linda, is a closed chapter. Until Ethan walks in. Charming, confident, and dangerously irresistible, Ethan is everything Linda promised never to fall for. Their spark is instant. Their chemistry undeniable. And their connection feels like the beginning of something real, something she thought her heart was done with.
Then she discovers the truth,Ethan is Anabel’s brother(her best friend’s brother)
The one man she’s never allowed to want. The one relationship that could destroy the strongest friendship she’s ever had because Anabel and Linda made a rule, no dating family members, families are off-limits. It's their golden girl code, one that has kept their friendship unshakable since high school.
But walking away is no longer easy, not when Ethan loves her in ways she never knew she needed.
As love deepens and secrets unravel, loyalties are tested. And when Anabel discovers the truth in the worst way possible, betrayal becomes a wound none of them are ready to face.
Now Linda must choose between the love she never expected.
and the friendship she always depended on.
This is a story of forbidden love, heartbreak, shattered trust and finding courage to fight for the one thing that scares you most.…a second chance at love.
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Chapter: Chapter 25Nothing about me felt normal anymore. Although life didn't stop.I went back to work on Tuesday. I answered emails. I reviewed designs. I made sketches. I had meetings. I gave feedback and smiled at the right moments. From the outside, everything looked fine. But inside, something was quietly missing. My best friend.Anabel.It had only been a few days but her absence was everywhere. Not in a dramatic, obvious way. But in the small ways that sneak up on you when you're not paying attention. I would see something funny on my way to work and reach for my phone to send it to her before remembering. I would finish a long day and feel the urge to call her just to complain about nothing, the way we always did. I would open our chat and stare at the last message I sent her. Still undelivered. It was just sitting there with a single grey tick like a door that had been quietly shut in my face.I had made my choice. I chose Ethan and I didn't regret it. But choosing him didn't make the loss of
Last Updated: 2026-03-26
Chapter: Chapter 24I woke up with the decision already sitting in my chest.It wasn’t a clean or certain decision. Just the quiet, heavy feeling of someone who had made up their mind to do the hard thing and was already grieving it.I was going to choose Anabel.I told myself it was the right choice to make. That it was what love looked like sometimes. Making a sacrifice by choosing the person who had been there longer. Choosing the friendship that had held me together through everything before Ethan ever existed.I got dressed quietly, thanked Maya, and drove to Ethan's place.I don't know why I went there instead of just calling, maybe because I owed him that much. To say it to his face and not be a coward about it.He opened the door and the moment he saw me his whole face shifted. Relief first. Then concern followed."Lin..." My name came out like a breath he had been holding in. "Come in. I've been worried sick," he stepped aside immediately. "Where have you been?" he asked. "I came back home and
Last Updated: 2026-03-24
Chapter: Chapter 23Maya didn't ask questions or even say anything when I walked in. She just took one look at my face, stepped aside, and let me in. I sat on her couch and she disappeared into the kitchen. A few minutes later she came back with two mugs of tea and sat beside me. She still didn't say anything. She just waited.That was the thing about Maya. She always knew when to wait. I stared at the mug in my hands for a long time before I finally spoke."I met with Anabel today at Ethan’s place."Maya didn't react. She just looked at me."Okay… so what happened?" she asked, sipping her tea."She gave me an ultimatum," I said.My voice sounded too flat. Maya tilted her head slightly. "What kind of ultimatum?" she asked looking confused.A sob tore out of me so suddenly it startled even me. I bent forward, covering my face with both hands as the tears came hard and fast, like they had been waiting for permission."Hey…" Maya moved closer immediately, rubbing my back. "Hey, it’s okay…"I shook my head,
Last Updated: 2026-03-24
Chapter: Chapter 22Ethan's phone buzzed. He glanced at it and his expression shifted."I have to take this," he said, standing.He walked a few steps away and a short conversation followed. Then he came back toward us looking apologetic."I’m so sorry. It's work," he said."A foreign client just landed and the deal meeting I’ve been waiting on for weeks has been moved forward. I have to go now."He looked between us. "Will you both be okay?"Anabel nodded once."Yeah, sure." I nodded too."Yeah, we’ll be fine."He hesitated, and then squeezed my hand briefly and kissed my forehead. He grabbed his keys."I won’t be long."A few minutes later, the door clicked shut behind him.And then it was just the two of us. That was too easy, I thought. Suddenly the room felt very different.The silence stretched between us. I sat with my hands in my lap, waiting. For the first time in years, I felt awkward sitting across from my best friend. Anabel was quiet, staring at the space where Ethan had been sitting. Somet
Last Updated: 2026-03-19
Chapter: Chapter 21The knock came again. It was harder this time. Ethan and I looked at each other. Neither of us moved."Ethan." Her voice was flat and certain from the other side of the door. "Open the door. It's me."The sound of her voice sent a sharp wave of panic through my chest. "She’s not supposed to be here yet," I whispered."I know," he muttered.The meeting wasn’t until the afternoon. It was barely morning. Ethan exhaled slowly and rubbed a hand over his face. He got up, grabbed a shirt from the chair beside the bed, and pulled it on quickly. He ran his hand through his hair as he walked to the door. I pulled the covers up slightly, my heart hammering. I was still in his t-shirt. My hair was a mess. No version of this looked like anything other than exactly what it was. Ethan held the doorknob, then paused and glanced back at me."Stay here for a second," he said quietly.I nodded, even though every part of me wanted to disappear entirely.He opened the bedroom door. I couldn’t see her at
Last Updated: 2026-03-18
Chapter: Chapter 20He reached over and took my hand."It's okay, babe. I'm not here to make you feel worse. I just need you to know that I'm not going anywhere so don’t push me away because you feel guilty. And don’t act like what we have here doesn’t matter, because it does."His eyes held mine. He brushed my hair behind my ear with his hand."I love you a lot, Lin. And I’m not going to stop loving you just because my sister is angry right now."The words settled somewhere deep inside my chest. Warm and steady like something I didn't know I needed to hear until he said it."Anabel will come around," he added."But don’t let us ruin what we have before she does."Something in my chest loosened at those words. I nodded slowly."I’m sorry," I said again. "I didn’t mean to ignore you. I just… I hate what this has done to her. I hate that I'm the reason she's hurting.""I know, Lin," he said softly. "I hate it too.""I just don't want it to look like we're rubbing it in her face," I said carefully. "Like we
Last Updated: 2026-03-15
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