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12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 41 — A DAY OFF WITH MY BROTHER’S RIVAL
ANAHERA I spent the next morning obsessing over my choice of makeup or if I ought to let my hair down. Every now and then, I’d alternate between daydreaming and peeking into my chat inbox with Noel last night. Was it real? A schoolgirl’s giggle found its way out of my mouth before I could control it.Yup, it was definitely real.Did this spell anything for us? No, the fuck not. It didn’t mean anything. As far as I could tell, it was just two people doomed never to be, talking about what could’ve been. “And you, Anahera, are going to keep it that way,” I said aloud to my reflection in the mirror, a poor attempt at chastising myself.Too late, because the clock read seven fifty and it wouldn’t be long before—His chat bubbled up few seconds before a message appeared. WITH ME IN HIS INBOX! Shit, now I look like one of his fangirls anticipating a wave from him. Rautio — Good morning, Hera. You ready?Grabbing my duffel bag and checking my outfit one last time, not like it was anyt
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 40 — OF TRUTHS AND AVOIDANCE
ANAHERA When I was back with a glass, Noel had turned toward me. I could tell there was a lot he wanted to say to me with the way his lips pursed.A part of me knew I wouldn’t like whatever he had to ask. “Those years ago, things used to be alright between us until it went awry. What happened?” My drink halfway to my mouth, I paused. “Are you sure that’s something we want to get into today?”He nodded. “I couldn’t stop thinking about why you suddenly grew hostile towards me.” “I do not want to think about it or else I’d have to kick you out,” I said firmly. He apologized, murmuring something about it being in the past and him always blurting things out at the wrong time. My attention had long left the room. Of all the things he could do, he wanted to pretend like he didn’t know what he did to break my trust in him?He wanted to pretend he didn’t try to sabotage my brother’s career before the scouts? Yet again, what was I even doing letting the man into my house? This man had
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 39 — OF THIRTEEN YEARS AND BROKEN THINGS
ANAHERA I stared at him for what seemed like a full minute before he nudged the door wider and slipped in past me. My protest hung in my throat when I turned around to see he had plopped down on my couch, making himself comfortable. ON MY COUCH! “You’re not joking?” “Did I say something funny?” His eyes roamed for a bit then landed on me. “If you need me to leave, I’ll just…” “Never mind.” I shut the door. “You’re in already.” From my peripheral view, I caught the smirk on his smug face. “This place hasn’t changed since the last time I was here. Except for maybe that bag.” He shrugged. “I was probably too tipsy to even notice. Do you remember?” “Of course, I do.” I rolled my eyes. “You wouldn’t keep your mouth shut and almost woke up the neighborhood with your horrible rendition of Firework.” He let out a dramatic gasp. “Now you take that back. That is my top five of the songs I lined up to perform for an event back in freshman year.” I opened my fridge. “Spea
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 38 — OF TED TALKS AND MALICE
ANAHERA Two days later, and my brother still hadn’t said a word to me. Not like I was expecting his calls or anything, but come on, that little spat didn’t justify the silent treatment. Again, it was Dom we were talking about. He wouldn’t hesitate to hold out on anyone he didn’t want to talk to. Especially after what had gone down at his place. So I kept my distance not because it was the right thing to do, I just couldn’t speak to him yet. I buried my focus into my work, obsessively trying to be sure Noel made recovery in time to begin the pre-tournament games. Speaking of Noel, the only thing we’d ever talked about since we resumed was his health and the games. I dared not venture into uncharted territory by entertaining those memories around him. Another two days passed. I’d barely gotten a message from either my best friend nor my brother, the two people whom I held very dear to my heart. “Hey,” Noel’s voice cut through the train of my thoughts as I packed my duffle bag
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 37 — OF BONDS AND REBELLION
ANAHERA On the train ride home, it was pure torture between fighting hard to swallow the guilt and rage in my throat and blinking back the tears in my eyes.Throughout my friendship with Bella, the only argument was about petty things and barely lasted minutes. I hated that Bella was right. Eleanor never said the pregnancy was my brother’s or tried to pin it on him. Reaching up, I wiped away a stray tear angrily, biting my lips to keep myself from bawling out in a place full of strangers. “Is this seat taken?” Someone asked. Quickly, I blinked away tears, shaking my head. “Just me.”They took the space beside me and thankfully, paid me no mind. My phone buzzed in my purse. For a wishful second, my mood lifted at the thought that it could be my best friend trying to apologize.Taking it out, it indeed was a message from Bella. However, she wasn’t saying the words I hoped to hear. Bella — I don’t want you to take this the wrong way but you need to do as your brother says and stay
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 36 — OF FRIENDSHIPS AND FRACTURES
ANAHERABella was more distant than ever when I got home, mind you, it’d barely been two days since I left on what would have been the cure to my exhaustion. I had a day and half to get myself back in order before resumption with Noel, so I decided to spend it with my best friend.It felt like I was slowly losing her and didn’t know how to get to her or stop her from leaving. I didn’t even know what I’d done to bring about the distance.Right now, I was on her doorstep, waiting for her to notice me. “You’re not gonna invite me in?” My voice was raised a notch higher than I wanted to. Looking up from her phone, she replied, “Oh, yeah, sure.” She opened the door wider, stepping aside for me to pass. Determined not to pay attention to that, I tried to act casual. “So, what have you been up to?”“Just work. Nothing much.” She shrugged, sitting down. “I heard what happened at the hotel…” “It’s fine. I’m safe after—”“You know that wasn’t your business to tell,” she bit out harshly.
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 19 — OF TALL HANDSOME STRANGERS
ANAHERA The bass thumping all the way from inside the building to where we were parked made me nervous. Wiping sweaty palms against the very short dress Bella persuaded me to put on, I grabbed my mini purse and stepped out with her. I looked at my best friend as we walked side by side, I thought
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 18 — OF SECRETS AND PARTIES
ANAHERAThree days later and I was on the verge of pulling out my hair from its roots. “If I have to deal with that jerk for one more day, I’m going to fly down a hill. The man has absolutely refused to make my life any easy since working with him,” I moaned. I expected a response from Bella but
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 17 — OF NOEL AND FRAUD
ANAHERA“What is going on here?” I asked, approaching the couple, looking between both of them while they fixed their eyes on anywhere else that was not my face. Not even a glance. A dull thud echoed in the room behind me, breaking the tension, and their gazes shot toward me. Dominik spoke first.
12 Days of Christmas with My Brother’s Rival 16 — OF HUSHED THREATS AND HEAVY BREATHING
ANAHERABella stumbled into our room, face white like she’d seen a ghost, her blonde hair swinging every which way. “There’s a naked man in the house, Ana! I swear on my soul. How did he get here?”It didn’t take long before it dawned on me what she was saying.I opened my mouth to tell her I was
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