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Chapter 45: said he loves me
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My Best friend's Brother Chapter 46: He finds out
The change lasted four days.Sloane counted. Four days of breakfast on the table. Four days of sober evenings. Four days of James trying to be the man she'd married.On the fifth day, she came home to an empty house.No note. No dinner. No apology. Just silence and the faint smell of whiskey lingering in the air.She found him in the study. Slumped in his chair. A half-empty bottle on the desk. His eyes were glassy. Bloodshot."You said you'd stop," she said.He looked up. Tried to smile. "I'm celebrating.""Celebrating what?""I got the account. The big one. The one I've been working on for months." He raised the bottle. "I'm a success, Sloane. Your husband is a success."She stared at him. At the bottle. At the man she'd once loved."You promised," she said."I know." He set down the bottle. Stood up. Stumbled toward her. "But I'm fine. I'm better. I just needed to celebrate.""You're drunk.""I'm happy.""You're drunk."He stopped. His expression shifted. Something darker crept in.
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 45: said he loves me
Sloane woke up to an empty house. James had already left for work. The coffee pot was cold. No note. No apology. Just silence.She sat at the kitchen table, nursing a cup of tea she didn't want. The text from Ashton was still on her phone. She'd read it a dozen times. "I saw you today. You looked beautiful."She should delete it. Should block his number. Should forget he existed.She didn't. Instead, she finished her tea. Got dressed. Went to work.~~~The office was quiet. Mondays always were.She sat at her desk, staring at her computer screen. Spreadsheets. Emails. Reports. She went through the motions. Answered questions. Attended meetings. Pretended everything was fine.No one noticed anything was wrong. She was good at pretending.At lunch, she sat alone in the break room. Picked at a sandwich. Scrolled through her phone.Another text from Ashton."How are you?"She stared at the screen. Her heart was pounding."I'm fine."Three dots appeared. Disappeared. Appeared again."Liar.
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 44: His half-brother ????
The Moore estate looked different in the daylight.Sloane had been here before. For dinners. For holidays. For the wedding. But today it felt foreign. Like a place she didn't belong.She sat in the passenger seat of James's car, staring at the grand iron gates. The driveway stretched endlessly, lined with old oak trees and perfectly trimmed hedges.James killed the engine. Neither of them moved."You look nice," he said.She was wearing a simple blue dress. Nothing special. She hadn't dressed for him. She'd dressed for herself."Let's just get this over with," she said.He nodded. Got out. She followed.♦♦The dining room was already full when they walked in.Mrs. Moore sat at the head of the table, elegant and composed. A few cousins Sloane vaguely recognized. An aunt she'd met once. And a man she didn't know, sitting at the far end, half-hidden behind a floral arrangement.Sloane took her seat beside James. Smiled when she was supposed to. Nodded when she was spoken to.She was good
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 43: One Brunch, then I'm gone
Sloane drove home in a daze.The city passed by in a blur. She didn't see the buildings. Didn't see the people. Didn't see anything except Ashton's face. The way he'd looked at her. The way he'd said he'd wait.She pulled into her driveway and sat in the car. Her hands were shaking. She didn't want to go inside. Didn't want to face James. Didn't want to pretend everything was normal.But she had to.The house was quiet. Too quiet. She walked through the door. The living room was empty. The kitchen was clean. No bottles. No mess.She walked upstairs. The bedroom door was open. James was sitting on the bed. Waiting.He looked up when she walked in. His eyes were red. He'd been crying."Where were you?" he asked. His voice was calm. Too calm.She didn't answer.He stood up. Walked toward her. "I called you. Ten times.""I know.""Where were you?"She looked at him. At his eyes. At the man she'd married."I was with someone," she said.The words hung in the air. Heavy. Final.He stared at
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 42: I'm not going to kiss you
They arrived at his apartment. It was beautiful with tall windows bearing the view of the city. The whole place was clean. And cozy."You live here?" she asked."Most of the time.""It's so quiet.""James likes noise. Chaos. I like peace."She looked at him. "You know James?"He paused. Just for a second. Something flickered behind his eyes."Everyone knows James," he said carefully. "He's not exactly a low profile person."She nodded. Didn't push. She was too tired to push.He walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge. Pulled out a bottle of wine."Do you want some?""I shouldn't.""You're not driving. You're not working. You're not with him." He set the bottle on the counter. "You're here. With me. Just for tonight."She looked at him. At his eyes. At the way he was watching her."Okay," she said. "Just for tonight."He poured two glasses. Handed her one. She sat on the couch. He sat beside her. Close enough to feel. Far enough to breathe."You have a beautiful place," she said."T
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 41: Take me away
Sloane was at her desk when the receptionist buzzed."There's someone here to see you," she said. "A man. He says his name is Ashton."Sloane's heart stopped.She hadn't seen him since that night. Hadn't spoken to him. Hadn't even known his name until he'd left the note on the nightstand. She'd spent the past week trying to convince herself it had been a mistake. A one-night thing. Something she could bury and forget.She should tell the receptionist she wasn't available. Should hide in her office until he left.Instead, she said, "Send him in."****He walked through the door like he owned the building.Dark jeans. White shirt. His hair was messy, like he'd been running his hands through it. He held a coffee cup in each hand.Then he set one on her desk. "I didn't know if you liked sugar."She stared at him. "How did you find me?""You told me your name. And I found your work online." He shrugged. "Wasn't hard.""You shouldn't be here.""I know.""I could call security.""You could."
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 5
Every time I closed my eyes, I heard his voice. If I don't get away from her soon, I'm going to ruin everything. Her. Me. He was talking about me. I replayed the conversation a hundred times. I've spent ten years watching her. She looks at me like I'm furniture. Mason Chen had been watching me. F
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 4
Three days passed.Three days of avoiding Mason. Three days of hiding in the pool house like I was scared of something, him.I tried not to think about the nights he came home late.The job lead went nowhere. Mason made a call, like he'd promised, but the position had been filled by the time I reac
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 3
I woke up to sunlight and the sound of someone knocking. Not the polite way of knocking. The I own this property and I'll bang on your door if I want kind of knocking. Loud. Insistent. Three sharp raps that rattled the frame."Lucy."Mason's voice. Rough, like he'd just woken up too. Or maybe he ha
My Best friend's Brother Chapter 2
Mason's Mercedes pulled up forty-five minutes later. I knew it was his before I even looked up. I'd spent my entire adolescence listening for it, heart hammering every time Sloane mentioned he was coming home from the city for the weekend. Tonight, my heart hammered for a different reason. The c
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