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A burden To bear

Author: SCIARTIST
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-10-04 07:52:17

Zach..

The room was suffocatingly hot, but the heat wasn’t from the weather, it was from me. Sweat poured down my face in steady streams, soaking my shirt and dripping onto the floor.

My body felt like it was on fire, and no amount of gritting my teeth could stop the pained groans that escaped me. Every nerve in my body screamed, and more so, it hurt that I couldn’t control it.

“Zach, calm down!” Jack’s voice cut through my haze, edged with concern. I could see blurry his figure
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  • The Weekend With The Beta   Scent, Sweat and C*m

    Zach I felt like I could finally breathe again. The words had poured out of me, everything about my past, my mom, the emptiness I carried around like a shadow. Nicole had listened without judging, and now a huge weight was off my shoulders. I missed my mom so much it hurt sometimes. She would’ve known what to say about all this, about the way my heart kept pulling me toward Nicole even though my true mate was still out there somewhere. I reached for her, sliding my hand along her jaw and pulling her close. Our lips met, gentle at first, then deeper. She tasted like home.She pulled back just enough to smile. “I thought we were having a serious talk.”“This is serious too,” I whispered, grinning against her mouth.The air between us shifted. What started as comfort turned into something hotter, something we both needed. I kissed her again, slower this time, letting my hands roam down her sides. Nicole melted into me, her fingers curling into my shirt. We didn’t rush. We never did. I

  • The Weekend With The Beta   The Morning He Let Me In

    Nicole I stood outside his bedroom door longer than I should have, my hand hovering over the wood like the slightest touch would shatter something fragile on the other side. A part of me wanted to knock, to ask if he was okay, to step in and make whatever was wrong just a little easier. But another part of me, the more anxious part, kept whispering that I was the reason he had shut down in the first place. He had barely spoken the night before, not even when I tried to ask if he needed anything. He had simply nodded, retreated into his room, and closed the door. The soft click of the latch had felt final, like a barrier I shouldn’t cross. So I didn’t. I spent half the night trying to convince myself that giving him space was the right thing to do. Maybe he needed room to breathe. Maybe he needed quiet. Maybe… maybe he needed distance from me. By morning, I had made up my mind to talk to him, really talk and stop dancing around the tension that had been building all week. Leah

  • The Weekend With The Beta   Forty-Eight Hours

    Nicole The decision felt right when I said it out loud. Two days. Just two more days here before I packed up my bags and pretended like I wasn’t leaving behind something that was slowly becoming dangerously important. I told the kids first, which was somehow easier. Their reactions were dramatic in the way kids always reacted, whining, clinging, acting like I’d told them Santa died. But afterward, when the house quieted again, I finally let myself exhale. I just didn’t expect to walk into my bedroom and find Zach standing there. For a moment, I thought I was seeing things. He was leaning against the edge of my desk, hands in his pockets, shoulders slightly hunched like he’d been stuck in his thoughts for a long time. And when he lifted his eyes to mine, I instantly knew he knew. “You’re leaving in two days,” he said. No softness. No lead-up. Just the words. And the way they fell between us made my stomach clench. My phone almost dropped from my hand. “Who told you?” He

  • The Weekend With The Beta   Embarrassment Level: Expert

    Nicole My mouth parted slightly, shock rippling through me as his words landed. I was still holding a napkin, when Zach casually dropped that sentence into the room like it was nothing. The girls burst into giggles, of course they did , because to them anything involving babies, or the word “kids,” was instantly hilarious. Jack laughed too, shaking his head like he’d just walked into a sitcom. But Leah? Leah turned to Zach so sharply I swear I heard the air slice. “Oh?” she said slowly, eyebrows climbing. “You asked her that?” Her tone was laced with annoyance. I could feel my face heating up again. Why was I the only person in this house permanently embarrassed? Why was my emotional stability suddenly a family project? Zach didn’t even show an ounce of remorse for his comment. If anything, he looked carefree and very amused. “It was a joke.” A joke. Real funny. I stared at the napkin like it was the most interesting thing on earth. If it could’ve grown legs and

  • The Weekend With The Beta   New Complication

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  • The Weekend With The Beta   Future Us

    Zach The house was quiet, well, as quiet as it could be with Leah and Jack’s two little whirlwinds around. I glanced at Nicole, who was perched on the edge of the bed, brushing a stray lock of hair from her face. The kids had finally dozed off in the living room after a chaotic evening of bedtime stories, giggles, and not-so-gentle wrestling matches. The itinerary were the same for each day, wake up, spend half an hour trying to wake the kids, get them to do something as simple as brushing their teeth, get them to bath and the most important part, serve them breakfast. Did I mention how spoiled these kids were? I mean I did contribute to that, but being the stand-in dad was completely different from being the fun uncle. I finally understood why Leah often reprimanded me for being too liberal with the girls. At the mention of Uncle Zach, I’m racing through the thickest glass doors to indulge in whatever mischief they may have up their sleeves. Some days, I even play the

  • The Weekend With The Beta   Wake up Calls

    Nicole.. Ringggggggg! Ringggggggg! I groaned, burrowing under the covers, hoping the sound would stop… or at least that I could figure out where it was coming from. Ringggggggg! Peeking out, I squinted against the morning light streaming through the blinds. Zach was sprawled beside me, utt

  • The Weekend With The Beta   True Mates

    Jack.. I ran my fingers through my hair, sighing as the water cascaded over her skin. By the time she stepped out of the shower, she looked exhausted—and I was no better. “You look beautiful, baby,” I muttered as soon as her gaze met mine. She walked up to me and gave me a rib crushing

  • The Weekend With The Beta   Caught Between Worlds

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  • The Weekend With The Beta   A Tale Of Deception

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