In Love and Hate With My Stepbrothers

{ Lily }"Wake up, dear. The day has finally come," my mother says, out of nowhere.Literally, out of nowhere. I haven't seen this woman in TWO years. I haven't spoken to her in... months. I almost don't understand what she means because I'm hangover and she just woke me up, but then I realize what she means.The day.I think she means 'the day' she promised me ten fucking years ago. The day when my revenge against my stepbrothers will begin. I guess we’re powerful enough to actually take them down now."How did you find me?" I ask, groaning as I get up. Then I look down at the guy in my bed… I don't know who he is, "How did you get inside my house?”"This is my house, smartypants," she laughs, looking momentarily at my naked form before I grab my robe and cover myself up, "I can explain later. The day has come, just like I promised. Today, we will start the downfall of those sick boys.""How?" I ask, blinking and trying to keep up. My mother is not a jokester and she doesn't waste

I walk out of the building like something is chasing me. I’m very overwhelmed by seeing the two guys that ruined me, but also because… what in the fuck am I going to do as the CEO of a company? I've never had a job. I dropped out of college. I don't know anything about math. Or finances. Or business. Or science. Or anything, really. "Mom, what the hell?" I say when she finally gets in the back of the Escalade next to me, "I can't be the CEO of anything.""Of course you can. Horizon is the smallest company we have and it's easy stuff. Think of yourself as the manager, you’ll just make sure everything is running correctly. You don't have to handle finances or legalities or technicalities, just overseeing production and making sure they deliver what they need to deliver to those three stores. That is literally it."I know it sounds easy, but that's still to much responsibility for someone like me. And I kind of liked being unemployed. Think I said that last part out loud because my mo

**** 11 YEARS AGO ****The drive to school is painfully awkward because Dean is still mad at Aiden. I'm riding in the passenger seat next to the driver and the three boys are sitting together in the backseat. I look over my shoulder. "What happened?" Damon asks in a bored tone when Aiden tries to touch Dean but he slaps his hand away. Dean is sitting in the middle, "Why are you sulking?""Aiden hurt me," Dean complains, his arms crossed tightly across his chest. Knowing what I know about Damon I think he might just punch Dean or something evil, but he actually laughs and wraps his arms around Dean’s neck to pull him to his chest and hug him."Poor little Bean boy," he says in a baby voice, making Dean growl and try to get away, but Damon doesn't let him, "Don't be a pussy, man.""I'm not! But it hurts," Dean complains and finally sets himself free, "Look, my cheeks are still red! Everyone is going to ask what happened to my pretty face.""So? Tell the truth. I did it," Aiden shrugs,

{ Aiden }Lily Jensen is back in my life, ten years later. I have to sit down in my bed and take a second to gather my thoughts before continuing to get dressed for the party tonight. Her welcome party. Because, apparently, she'll be staying here for good. I will admit it, I'm definitely nervous.I hated to lose her when I was eighteen but it was also a relief because Lily no longer living in my house meant I could ignore the truth: the fact that she's my step-sister. The fact that her legal name is Lilian Carrington, not Jensen. Having her back around me is going to test my morality all over again. I already failed once... will I fail again?I sigh and get up, looking at myself in the mirror while I put on my suit and then fix my hair, putting a little more thought into how I look than normally. Lily was really into me at some point in time. She would grab my face and call me handsome. She would touch all over my body as if she couldn't stop herself.What does she think about me

This time when I walk to the bar, it’s not because my mom told me to act a mess. It’s because I need to forget the way those two make me feel. I can’t believe how, even after what they did, they still have the power to make me feel like I’m nothing but putty in their hands.Could it be a trauma response? Possibly. I think I’ve seen somewhere that victims sometimes are so messed up in the head, they end up liking what their abusers did. Maybe that’s the case here. Damon did not only hurt me that one time, he stalked me for months before he had the guts to do something about it. He psychologically abused me before he ever touched me. He would call me terrible names and give me those evil eyes all the time.And Aiden… I always knew he had a scary ability to become a different person depending on who he had in front of him. I knew logically that he’s a master manipulator, but I stupidly thought he wouldn’t hurt me because he didn’t have any reason to. I should’ve known he doesn’t need a