Semua Bab You’re supposed to be my Brother Inlaw: Bab 1 - Bab 10

The day i finally get to leave for college is upon me! I can’t wait, Annabel has been buzzing my phone non stop, chill girl I need to be in my femininity. “Hi Anna! One more call and I’ll think you’ve been robbed”“Girllllll, where the hell are you? ““I’m coming, I’ll be there in a jiffy” I hung the call, grabbed my bag, and rolled my box downstairs.“Mi amor, I’ll miss you” my mom hugged me before dad engulfed us both in hugs. “I’ll miss you guys too, it’s not so far. I can drop by during the holidays and it’ll be as if I never left” *beep!!*A horn came from outside. “Okay, I better get going before Anna hangs my head by the door. They chuckled and helped take my things to the car, stuffing them in the boot. “Bye girls” my mom called out as they both waved to us, we waved back and drove out, ready to face college life. The drive to tge campus was pure chaos, Anna wouldnt stop talking about hot guys. The car stereo was blasting some afrobeat song, I was too excited to hear what

I opened my eyes to shuffling, it was Zara. “Hi…it’s been a minute, where have you been?”“Sorry you didn’t hear from me, I had business to handle at home. I was supposed to write you a note but I got occupied and forgot” Zara was already halfway through unpacking when I sat up, blinking sleep from my eyes.I stretched, the soreness in my body reminding me of how much sleep I’d needed. “ welcome back” I said and left her to settle in as I called Anna to tell her about going to my sister’s- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Days later, Annabel and I packed up for the trip to Eva’s house. We only had a week to be away from school before tge hustle and bustle started. “Girl,” Annabel said as we dragged our duffel bags into the cab, “your sister’s house better have food because I’m starving already.”I laughed. “Eva practically lives in the kitchen, you’ll be fine.”The drive took an hour, when we pulled up to the gate, Eva came rushing out, all smiles and

I groaned, dragging my pillow over my face. Every time I shut my eyes, it replayed Jake’s hand on my waist, the way his breath hitched before he kissed me, the tension between us”How was I supposed to act normal after that?“Girl, are you alive in there?” Felicia’s voice echoed from the other side of the room, followed by the sound of her rummaging through my wardrobe. “Because if you’re still sleeping, I swear…”“I’m up!” I yelled, voice muffled against the pillow. Then, lower, to myself, “how did you get in here?”“Good, because we have a whole Monday to survive. Also, you sleep like an elephant, I knocked as long as I could yet no response, thank God for the spare key”Anna turned from the closet, holding up two outfits, one a plaid skirt and cropped sweater combo, the other a sleek all black ensemble. “Which says ‘I’m here to slay, not to suffer through group projects’?”I peeked out from the pillow. “Definitely the black, you look like you came to break hearts and submit essays.

My skin still tingled from where Ian had touched me, but the warmth that once thrilled me now burned like shame. Every heartbeat echoed his words, I love you, please don’t leave me looping in my head until I wanted to scream. When the driver stopped in front of the dorms, I hesitated before paying him. For a second, I almost asked him to keep driving, to take me anywhere but here, anywhere I wouldn’t have to face my reflection but I didn’t, instead I forced a smile, thanked him, and stepped out into the cold night air.The campus was quiet, my heels clicked against the pavement, echoing through the courtyard. I could still taste Ian’s cologne on my skin. It made me want to scrub myself clean.By the time I reached my door, my stomach twisted with nausea. I closed it softly behind me and leaned against it, pressing my palms flat against the wood. My heart was racing again from guilt. The same guilt that had been growing for weeks.Jake’s photo sat on my desk, the one we took when I v

The dorm fell quiet when evening came as I sat on my bed with my laptop open, pretending to study. The truth was, I hadn’t absorbed a single word on the screen.The memory of Ian’s last message still pulsed in the back of my mind, I could barely read a damn book in the library. The pages in the books were his words, he was taking over me completely.‘If you don’t come tonight, I’ll come to you’I’d deleted it, blocked his number, and told myself that was the end of it. That was supposed to be the end of it.Another number pinged me, an unknown one. “You blocked me? I’m outside your dorm and you better come down here or I’m barging in and letting everyone know who you belong to”I stood and peeked through the blinds, there he was standing right there. What.the.hell.A black car was parked right across the lawn, the headlights were off but I could see the faint silhouette of someone in the driver’s seat. My stomach flipped.Fear and a mix of excitement clouded my nerves, for some reason