All Chapters of IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

TESSIE'S POVTears sprung out of my eyes as I watched Ava run away from me. This is what I had been so afraid of— watching her walk away with that hatred in her eyes. Were we ever going to be okay again? Jace pulled closer and I leaned against his chest, my heart completely torn. I had wanted Ava to know the truth. I was going to tell her everything because I didn't want her to find out this way. "I fucked up," I breathed hard. "She is never going to talk to me again." "Tessie, it's not your fault. We both did this, I did this," Jace comforted me. "I lost control, Tessie. I thought she had left." "She did. At least I thought she did. I don't know why she came back." "Hey, it's okay. Stop beating yourself so hard about it. Ava is going to come around, we will talk to her together." "What if she tells our parents?" I asked, my voice shaking slightly. "Do you really think she would?" "I don't know. She is very upset and migh

TESSIE'S POVMonday morning, I sat in my usual place during literature class, doodling on my book. My mind was so absent, closed off to the noise around me as we waited for the teacher. I turned slowly to the desk next to mine. Ava had still not arrived which was so odd. Well, odd, but I had some ideas why she was probably taking her time. This was the first time we had gone through a weekend with no communication. It sucked, big time. She had ignored all my texts and every time I called her, it went straight to voicemail. She was giving me a message but I wasn't ready to give up yet. How could I just let four years of our friendship go down the drain?I looked up just in the moment she walked in. Our eyes met and my face brightened as I sat up. Finally. However, her face dropped, her eyes growing hostile and instead of walking over to me like she always did, she turned away and headed to a different desk, way far from me. I swallowed hard, something uncomfortable stirring in my stom

AVA'S POV "Okay, your frown just went from a two to a seventy real fast. What's pricking your butt?" My friend Margo, asked as we walked out of the cafeteria. "Nothing, maybe it's just something I ate?" "Ava, you barely touched your lunch," she pointed out giving me a disapproving look as she blocked my way forcing me to stop right outside the cafeteria. "In the morning? Maybe it's something I ate for breakfast." "I'm pretty sure your half pancake and a sausage are digested by now. I'm also very sure this," she said, expressing with her hands all over me. "Happens every time we walk by your ex-bestfriend and that walking heartbreaker stepbrother of hers. I have noticed so, spill." "Yeah, you never told us what really happened between you two. You two were always so tight than you ever was with us," my other friend, Katie weighed in. I sighed. I was cornered and I wasn't sure what I was supposed to tell them. The truth? No, I would neve

TESSIE'S POVI stood in front of the dressing mirror, my hands pressing down the length of my bridesmaid dress. It felt foreign on my body. I never wore dresses and the few times that I had to, I always felt like a different version of me especially if I had to wear heels too. Thankfully for Diane's wedding, we were wearing platform shoes, comfortable. The dress I could tolerate. "There she is! My future bride looking as gorgeous as always!" Jace announced as he got into the changing room, taking me by surprise. I turned quickly. "What are you doing here? Your room is on the other side of the building!" "Oh, really? I didn't know that," he teased as he grabbed me by my waist, pulling me towards him. He had on a beige suit and a white shirt, matching the groomsmen. My eyes scanned his whole length in, an uninhibited smile spreading across my face. He grinned. "If I look that good, I think I deserve a kiss." "Shut up!" I said with a chuckle, looked around us fo

AVA'S POVWe sat there in silence for a long while. I had my knees pulled up, my chin resting on them, the satin dress I was wearing pooling all around me. The air between us was heavy but I was more concerned about Evan's silence and the look of anger he still had. My heart thumped hard. I knew that look. It was so damn close to vengeful and I wasn't sure I wanted him to run telling the Prescotts the truth. "I knew..." I said quietly, my eyes fixed on the patterned carpet. "I mean... not for long. I only found out a little while ago."He didn't say anything right away. He just stared right ahead, his jaw clenched so tight. "You knew," he repeated dully and hollow. "And you are okay with it? I mean you are still best friends with Tessie and close to Jace."I shrugged. This was the kind of reaction you gave when there were a thousand things you could say and none of them would change anything. "I got used to the idea. Or at least I convinced myself I had," I said. Evan let out