Shared by the brothers
I have been in love with Jace Kane since I was fifteen.
He was my brother's best friend, the boy next door who swore I was too young for him.
For ten years, I waited for him to look at me the way I looked at him.
The night he finally does, everything changes.
Because his older brother is watching.
Ethan Kane is everything Jace is not. Mature, powerful, untouchable. He is a billionaire CEO who built an empire from nothing, and he has always treated me like a little sister he never wanted.
Until now.
"You're playing with fire, Aria," Ethan warns me after he finds us. "If you belong to him, you belong to this family. And this family doesn't let go."
Suddenly I am caught between two brothers.
Jace — my first love, passionate and protective, who holds my hand like he is afraid I will disappear.
Ethan — the man I never expected to fall for, whose quiet devotion makes me feel seen in a way no one ever has.
One feels like home. The other feels like destiny.
They have shared everything since childhood — a name, a company, a past.
But they never expected to share their hearts with the same girl.
And I never expected to fall in love with both of them.
Now I have to make an impossible choice. Or be brave enough not to choose at all.
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Chapter: Michael Cole,my brother, his best friendMy phone buzzed._MICHAEL: Where are you? Jace said you were sick. Ethan said you were studying. Which is it? Aria, answer me.__MICHAEL: I'm at your dorm. Your bed is empty. I'm calling Mom._Jace went pale reading it. "He texted me too. 10 missed calls."Ethan looked at Jace. "He's your best friend. You lied to your best friend?"Jace's hands were shaking. "He's been my best friend since we were 10. Since we moved next door to Aria. He made me promise - 'Jace, that's my little sister, don't let boys touch her.' And I said 'I got you, bro.'"Mrs. Hayes looked at Mr. Hayes. "Michael doesn't know?"Mr. Hayes said, "Michael has been Jace's best friend for years. He asked Jace to look after Aria when they moved at 16."Front gate buzzer: "Mr. Hayes, Michael Cole is here. He says Jace is not answering his best friend.""Let him in," Mr. Hayes said.The front door slammed."JACE !" Michael's voice. Not Aria. Jace.Michael came into the dining room in black hoodie, 24, same brown hair as me
Last Updated: 2026-11-03
Chapter: Michael Cole,my brother, his best friendMy phone buzzed._MICHAEL: Where are you? Jace said you were sick. Ethan said you were studying. Which is it? Aria, answer me.__MICHAEL: I'm at your dorm. Your bed is empty. I'm calling Mom._Jace went pale reading it. "He texted me too. 10 missed calls."Ethan looked at Jace. "He's your best friend. You lied to your best friend?"Jace's hands were shaking. "He's been my best friend since we were 10. Since we moved next door to Aria. He made me promise - 'Jace, that's my little sister, don't let boys touch her.' And I said 'I got you, bro.'"Mrs. Hayes looked at Mr. Hayes. "Michael doesn't know?"Mr. Hayes said, "Michael has been Jace's best friend for years. He asked Jace to look after Aria when they moved at 16."Front gate buzzer: "Mr. Hayes, Michael Cole is here. He says Jace is not answering his best friend.""Let him in," Mr. Hayes said.The front door slammed."JACE !" Michael's voice. Not Aria. Jace.Michael came into the dining room in black hoodie, 24, same brown hair as me
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Chapter: The DinnerI did not sleep.How do you sleep in the middle of two Hayes brothers when one has his arm around your waist and the other has his hand in your hair and both are breathing like they are trying not to wake you up?At 6am, the lake was frozen white. The fire was dead.Chloe was asleep on the couch, mouth open.Jace was awake, watching me. Ethan was awake, watching Jace watch me."Good morning, ours," Jace whispered."Good morning, little one," Ethan whispered at the same time.I was in the middle. Still in my wrinkled dress from two nights ago, still in Ethan's hoodie. My hair smelled like both of them now."Time to go face your parents?" I asked."Time to go face our future," Ethan corrected. He got up and started the fire again.We drove back to the city in two cars again. Chloe followed us in hers. My phone had full signal now. 47 missed texts. 12 missed call from my brother Michael, 5 missed calls from my scholarship advisor.And one new text from UNKNOWN:_UNKNOWN: Wear something n
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: Dinner with the parents_Jace's Mom: Aria Cole dear, Jace and Ethan's father and I need to see all three of you for dinner tomorrow. 7pm. We saw the LIVE before it was deleted. We need to talk about this arrangement._I read the text three times.Aria Cole dear.She knew my last name."Your mom just texted me," I said, holding my phone up. "She said dinner tomorrow. 7pm. She saw Chloe's LIVE."Jace and Ethan both went silent.Ethan took my phone, read the text, and his face - for the first time since I met him at age 16 - looked nervous."She never texts girls we date," Jace said quietly."She never texts at all," Ethan added. "She makes our father text."Chloe, still sitting on the floor with her blanket, whispered, "Is that bad? That she texted Aria and not you?""It's very bad," Ethan said.Jace sat down hard on the couch. "Our parents saw the LIVE. That means our father saw it too.""Your father?" I asked. I had only met Mr. Hayes twice. Once when I was 16 and my mom and I moved next door, he looked at m
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Chapter: Threat_UNKNOWN: Stay away from the Hayes brothers, Aria. Or we will show everyone what kind of girl you really are. We have photos of you from last night._My hands went cold."Who is that?" Chloe grabbed my phone, reading over my shoulder. "Aria, who sent this?"Jace and Ethan were behind me in seconds. Both looking at my screen. No signal, but the text had come through somehow, delayed from an hour ago.Ethan took my phone from my hand. His jaw tightened. The calm, dangerous Ethan from the penthouse elevator lobby was back."What photos from last night?" he asked, his voice low."I don't know," I whispered. "Last night I was at your penthouse. I fell asleep on your couch. I - I was in a dress -""Show me your phone," Jace said to Chloe. "Now."Chloe unlocked her phone with shaking fingers. She opened her Instagram. Her DMs were full. Hundreds of messages._Aria is with both? For real?__Tell us more!!__Pics or it didn't happen_And then, at the top, a message from a blank profile. No pho
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: LIVE"I KNEW IT! I followed your cars! Aria cole! Are you in there with BOTH of them?! I am LIVE!"Chloe's voice cracked through the glass door. Her phone's red LIVE dot blinked.Inside the lake house, I couldn't breathe."Turn it off!" I screamed at the window. "Chloe, turn it OFF!"But she didn't. She held her phone higher. I could see the comments on her screen from where I stood._OMG that's the Hayes brothers house???__She is with BOTH??__Is that Aria from Econ 101?_My legs gave out. Jace caught me before I hit the floor.Ethan was already at the door. He yanked it open. Cold lake air rushed in."Chloe. Give me the phone," he said, his voice deadly calm.Chloe stepped back, still filming. She was shaking, but not from cold. From excitement. "Ethan, everyone is watching! The whole campus group chat is watching! They said - they said you were sharing her - I didn't believe -""Chloe, please," I cried, pushing past Ethan. I was still in his hoodie and Jace's jacket, dress wrinkled, ha
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