A Baby For My Husband’s Brother

1: The Wrong Brother What do you do when your heart burns for a man who is just your friend ?A man who doesn’t even see you as a woman?What do you do when you have to bury every feeling deep inside… because you’re now engaged to his brother?“I can’t believe my little puppy is getting married,” Levi said from behind me pulling me out of my thoughts I didn’t have to turn around to know he was smiling.I scoffed under my breath.Levi and I were best friends.To everyone else, he was the tough, cold, annoyingly confident man who didn’t care about anything.But to me?He was just a confused adult who still acted like the boy who used to pull my braids in middle school.He always protected me.Even when nobody else did.Not my father, not my stepmother, not my stepsisters.But Levi did.Not even his brother, Tommy the man I was now supposed to marry , the one who only came into my life because our mothers arranged a cute little “family dinner” last year. One month later, we were dating

3: The Message“You’ve been wearing that face since morning,” my stepmother snapped. “Anyone would think you’re being forced into this marriage.” “ It feels like I am being forced…” I whispered “ What did you just say ?” My step mother , my two step sisters , Eliana and Mario alongside my father all ganged up against me in the dining table, just to scold me because I didn’t put on the act they wanted for the guest . “Nothing ….I am happy “ My father stood near the door with his arms folded. “Then why do you look like someone just died?”“I’m just nervous,” I answered. “It’s normal, Brides get nervous before their big day .” My eyes searched through the window for Maya , I needed her to bail me out of this situation but she was probably somewhere stuffing food in her face . Eliana scoffed. “Nervous? Please. People get nervous and excited. You just look miserable.”“That’s not true,” I said.“Everyone is outside celebrating,” my stepmother added. “Your in-laws are here. The gues

Chapter 5 — Last ChanceTommy kept knocking, It was so loud , like it was echoing in my head . “Ariana! Open this door! What is going on?”My entire body jolted. My breath caught somewhere between my chest and my throat. I turned to Levi, panic filling my eyes, he didn’t look like he was panicking at all .“What do I do?” I whispered. “Levi…what do I do?”He stepped toward me without hesitation, his voice was low but he still sounded so confident, the complete opposite of the chaos in my head.“End it now,” he whispered. “Tell him you don’t want to marry him.”“What?” I blinked at him.“You heard me,” he said,. “You don’t have to marry him. Tell him you’re done.”“I—I can’t.” My voice cracked. “Levi, I can’t just—”He grabbed my arms gently.“You can. You’re allowed to choose yourself.”“Ariana!” Tommy’s fist landed on the door again. “Why are you taking so long?!”My knees felt weak. My heart wouldn’t stop racing. I looked around the room like maybe the answer was lying somewhere o

Chapter 7 — The Choice Nobody Makes For YouMaya didn’t react immediately.She just stared at me, like she was waiting for me to laugh and say I was joking.“I fucked Levi,” I repeated, my voice flatter this time.She stood up so fast her chair scraped the floor. She walked to the window, pulled the curtain aside, then quickly closed it again. She went to the next one and did the same, then locked it. By the time she turned back to me. “Okay,” she said slowly. “Okay. Sit.”“I am sitting,” I muttered.She came closer, crouched in front of me, her voice was low .“Tell me everything, How did it happen ?.”I hesitated, Took a deep breath and looked at her. “ Do you want to hear it ?” “Everything, Ariana,” she said firmly. “From the beginning.”I pressed my palms together, my fingers shaking.“It wasn’t planned,” I started. “I didn’t invite him. He came to my room to talk me out of the wedding.”“And? What happened next ?” Maya pushed.“And one thing led to another,” I whispered. “I br

CHAPTER 9 — “THE DAY REFUSED TO STOP”Tommy’s voice was still ringing in my ears when I walked out of Levi’s penthouse.I didn’t wait for the front door to close properly. I just kept pressing the button like the doors might change their mind and drag me back inside if I hesitated. My hands were shaking so badly that my keys almost slipped out of my grip.“You’re unbelievable!” Tommy had yelled over the phone. “Where the hell are you? Do you have any idea what today is?”I knew what today was.I knew it better than anyone, How could I not know what day it was ? I was giving myself out to himI didn’t answer him. I couldn’t. If I opened my mouth, I would either scream or confess to something that would burn everything to the ground. So I hung up, walked straight to my car, and got in without thinking twice.Levi was still staring at me , I could feel his eyes but I didn’t look back at him , I couldn’t. I started my engine , and I drove out of the building , I grabbed the shot of whis