All Chapters of Falling for My Best Friend's Brother: Chapter 361 - Chapter 370

Avery's POVAfter Jade came to my house to check on me, I knew exactly what I needed to do with Ethan. I called him on Sunday evening.I had rehearsed what I was going to say over ten times and neither attempt had felt right. I decided in the end that the honest, unrehearsed approach was better than anything I could plan.The thing about Ethan was that he responded to directness. He had been direct with me from the first conversation about what he wanted and what he understood, and he deserved the same back. He answered on the second ring."Hey," he said. "I was about to text you about our mini date. Would you like to go to the noodle place again or somewhere entirely new?""Ethan. I need to talk to you about something and it is not going to be a fun conversation."The line went quiet for a second."Okay," he said. "Go ahead.""I cannot see you anymore. Not the way we have been doing it. Not the coffee, not the noodles, not any of it.""Did I do something?" he asked. His voice had go

Jade's POVI decided to get over myself, my worries and my jealousy that he wanted to be with Avery first before me. I let Ethan know that I was free for another date with him. I couldn't let the process by which we got here restrict me from possibilities of being with him. I went into the second coffee date with Ethan telling myself I was going to give it a proper chance.Not the guarded Jade from Wednesday, watching for evidence of him being sent in my direction by Avery, watching every small thing and taking a mental note as proof of something. A real chance. If I was going to decide this was not going to work, I wanted to decide it because it actually was not working, not because I had talked myself into finding reasons before any real thing even happened.He was at the table again when I got there, this time without the slight formality of standing."Hi," he said."Hi," I said back.We ordered and the conversation started easily enough. We talked about random things, a lecturer

Avery's POVI moved on with my life and refused to dwell on the fact that everything had fallen apart. Liam had still not said a word to me or answered the one text message I mustered courage to send him last night. I was tired of waiting and decided to apologize once more to him and know whether he will take it as a queue to forgive me. I still loved him very much and I still couldn't fathom the idea of losing him completely, especially to Zoey.My phone buzzed and the screen lit up. A call was coming through. I immediately rushed the phone thinking it was him. But the number that came up was not one I had saved, but I knew it the moment it lit up the screen.I let it ring twice, my stomach tightening the way it always did when I saw that string of digits."Hello," I said."Avery." Dean, my mother's dead beat ex-boyfriend’s voice came through, warmer than I expected, careful in a way that immediately put me on guard. "It has been a while.""What do you want?" Not like I really care

Avery's POVI didn't even think before I sent her that text. My brain was just saying that I was in trouble and I needed no other person than my best friend to talk to about it.Jade came in, dropped her bag by the door, looked at my face, and did not ask if I was okay. For the fact that she came, I realized that I was at least one step forward to her forgiving me.We went to my room and she's out on the bed facing me. "What happened? Tell me," she said."Dean called me today. He wanted me to get my mom to answer his calls. When I said no, he got aggressive. He said he knew things about her past. Something she would not want made public."Jade's face went very still. She was listening to hear where the problem was."Then I called my mom. She came home and we talked properly.""What did she tell you?" she asked.I was trying so hard to remain calm and not start crying. "Dean was part of her life before I was born. Arrangements were made when she found out she was pregnant. He agreed n

Avery's POVMy mom was at the kitchen table when I came downstairs, hands wrapped around a mug of tea, staring at nothing. The morning light through the window made her look older than I had ever noticed before, or maybe I was only seeing it now because I finally understood what she had been carrying beneath the ordinary face I had known my whole life.She looked up when I walked in."Avery," she said. "I did not think you would want to see me this morning.""I need to ask you some things," I said, taking the chair across from her. "Harder things than last night. Are you able to do that right now, or do you need more time?""I owe you whatever time it takes," she said. "Ask.""How much money. Total. Everything he took from us over the two years he lived here. I want the real number, not a rounded guess."My mom closed her eyes."I never let myself add it up properly," she said. "Because I think if I had seen the total, I would not have been able to keep functioning day to day. But if