All Chapters of ENTANGLED BETWEEN BROTHERS: Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

TWENTY-ONEThe office had gone quiet, no one talked about Ridley, Ashton and I-well they had not completely stopped but it was like it had become last season's gossip. Everyone already knew that our divorce had been finalised, with only a few strings still remaining, that being the settlement...even though the case was a private one, people always found a way to know about the elite's personal lives. Even when Ridley and I walked around the building together, people were not as nosy as before. Ridley had started keeping a certain amount of distance between us, and my only guess was because of our almost shared-kiss moment. I could not disagree, I had started liking him, and the sudden distancing hurt me. At first, I thought of confiding in Lou but I knew she would shout at me for "jumping" from one Stetson to another. Ridley was a big red flag, I knew that. Even if he liked me now, I could not be certain about his emotions changing or not. He had a notorious reputation, and I was on

TWENTY-THREE"This is the exact kind of thing you would expect from Emmett Stetson." Ridley scoffed while rolling his eyes. Immediately after my day had ended, I had rushed to find Ridley mainly because of what had happened and also because I did not have a car. At first after I told him everything he was livid but settled down and had nothing good to say about his father. "What do you think I should do?" I directed the question to Harris, who I had called to come to the apartment and he had arrived shortly after us and I told both of them what had happened at once. Harris remained silent, in deep contemplation."You're going to decline. There's no reason for you to back out, Ashton was the dirty scumbag and it's not like we're going to lose." Ridley spoke before Harris could voice his proffesional opinion-the one I actually sought. "Emmett only went as far as doing this because he knows that we have this won, and he doesn't want to see his precious son crippled right under him." He

TWENTY-FIVEEverything was spiralling around me. Okay, perhaps that was an exaggeration but I had to make my decision and I was still so unsure even after speaking to Harris, Lou, Lisa and some random man in a cafe. Lou told me to ignore Mr Stetson's offer because it was "scraps" compared to what I would gain if we continued with court whereas Lisa had offered advice that was basically, 'it's all up to you, but I think you should take Mr Stetson's offer'.Ridley had made clear what his stance was in all this, voicing his opinion more than necessary. In spite of everything, I knew that this was my life, Ridley's opinion or personal vendetta was not going to affect my decision in any way, I would not let it. I did the one thiing that had never failed me, visiting my parents. The last flowers I had brought had dried up and the petals blown away by the wind, I removed the dry flowers and replaced them with the fresh ones I came with. The groundskeeper stood far from me but I could feel h