Lincoln stared at his miserable reflection in the mirror in his room as he adjusted his tie.“Smile, Lincoln.” He muttered to himself as he tried to smile. “Smile. Don’t think about him. Just smile. You'll be fine. You’ve got this. You can forget about him. You've only known him for two weeks, so I'm sure you can forget about him. Your priority now is to come up with another way to get Evie to cancel the engagement since Rahim is no longer a choice… and then… after that, you can forget that any of this ever happened.”He had spent the whole of last night crying his little innocent heart out.That's enough crying.Now, it's time to act normal.Time to move on.Sighing helplessly at how miserable he looked, he grabbed the suitcase and walked out of the room.Harry was sitting at the head of the table, by his right, Tessa… which was unusual… and Ana.What if I told them right here and now that…that I'm gay? And… that I'm in love with a guy? He wondered. And my fiancé's brother, of all gu
“What? You're heading back to Texas?” Evie asked in surprise as Ethan announced the news. “Yes.” Ethan replied amidst a mouthful, “Mark has been taking care of things for over two weeks now, so it's about time I head back. CEOs shouldn't take longer vacations, even if they want to, their presence is always required. Isn't that right, Dad?” Felix Burns nodded his head as he sipped on his drink, “That's true, son.” “Well, when will you be back?” Kim asked in curiosity, “You returned home for the first time in a million years because of Evie’s engagement, and yet you rented a penthouse instead of staying with us here. We barely saw you, and now you're leaving? Who knows when next you'll be back?” “I'll be back, Mom,” He assured. “When?” “I don't know. Maybe during Evie's wedding,” He replied, then turned to Evie, “Have you set the date for the wedding?” Evie stopped eating, then scratched the back of her head, “Umm… no, Lincoln and I actually haven't talked about it yet. I'll tal
Is Lincoln gay??? No, I don't think so… but why in the world would he and Ethan kiss? Is Ethan gay, too? No, he told me he isn't… or wait… did he lie to me?? I saw them! I know what I saw! The way they were looking at each other… one could easily tell that they're in love! But how could they be in love? Lincoln is engaged to Evie, and Evie is Ethan's sister! So this makes literally no sense right now! Why would Lincoln kiss a guy? Not just a guy, his fiancée's brother!! Yeah, I don't like his fake ass fiance but coommmee oonn! No, why would Ethan kiss his sister's fiancé? That's the question. Hold on, does Rahim know that Lincoln is gay? No, it's not even confirmed yet that Lincoln is gay… but why on earth would he KISS A GUY?! Why were they both crying? Did they break up? Were they in a relationship? But they only just met about two weeks ago or something? Or is it just a fling? God! This is like, bursting my head right now! I have thousands of questions, and I DEFINITELY DO NOT need
Lincoln's phone dinged, interrupting his thoughts.He picked up the phone and stared at the screen, only to find a text from Ethan.He quickly glanced up at him, and he mouthed the words, “Read it.”Lincoln pulled his gaze back to his phone.“Are you still mad at me?” Ethan's text read.He typed out, “Yeah, a little.”, hit send and then waited for a response.“Can we talk?” “About what happened? I hurt you again, and you said you've given up on me. Let's talk.”“No, I don't want to.”“Pudding, please.”Ethan is begging? That's so unlike him. Lincoln thought to himself, glancing up at him. Is that his nice personality? Nah, I don't think so, the psychopathic glint is still there in his eyes. So… what's happening? Just like when he apologized at the elevator…psychopathic Ethan doesn't beg!“Alright, fine. But how are we gonna get out of here?” He typed out and hit send.“I don't need permission from anyone. I'm a grown man. I asked for your permission first because I didn't wanna make
“Um… hi,” Rahim said awkwardly, breaking the silence as he stared into Evie’s mesmerizing blue eyes. “Um… Lincoln isn't here, is he?” Evie gulped, rubbing her sweaty hands on her jeans, “No.” “Um… o… kay… I um… have to go look for… him.” Rahim stammered a bit, then quickly spun around. Lincoln, I swear to God, when I catch you, I'm gonna kill ya! Rahim thought to himself and then made to leave, but then Evie’s voice halted him in his heels. “Hey, hold on for a bit.” He turned back around, “Yes?” “Umm… so, what's up? Did you um… managed to get… rid of your…” “Yeah, of course I did,” Rahim answered sharply, and Evie’s face fell. “Oh? That's… that's… that's great then.” She managed to say. “What about… you?” Rahin asked, “Have you gotten rid of yours?” “Oh, yeah, definitely,” Evie answered, nodding her head. “That's great, then.” “Yeah,” Evie replied. “You didn't… um… talked to Lincoln about this, did you?” “What? No! No!” Rahim quickly denied, “I’m not stupid. Why would I
“Um… a walk? Umm… sure. Why not?”“That's great then,” Lincoln said, then turned to the four parents, “Mom, Dad, Evie and I are gonna go for a walk.”“Oh, alright then,” Kim said.“Have fun, guys,” Tessa added.Lincoln and Evie rose to their feet.Lincoln expected Ethan's jealous eyes to be on him, but was disappointed.“Come on, let's go.” Evie interlinked their arm together and they walked out of the poolside.“So, what's up?” Lincoln asked, “You seem to have a lot on your mind today. What's going on?”“Oh?” Evie exclaimed, then chuckled, “Nothing. Nothing is going on.”“Then how come you never called me or texted me for the past five days?” He enquired.“Oh, nothing really.” Evie lied, tucking some strands of hair behind her ears, “It's just… I've had a lot on my plate lately.”“Like what?” Lincoln pressed further, “You don't work or anything, do you?”“Um… what about you?” Evie asked, “You also never called or texted.”“That's fair.”“So, what was my brother like?” She queried.“H