《Marrying The Wrong Brother》全部章節：第 131 章 - 第 140 章

I slept somewhere else that night. I just didn't have it in me so sleep next to her as usual. So I came to my home office. I had heard her say this before. But it got to me more now because maybe I thought us finally admitting to our feelings for each other would magically change some of her ideologies.This was my fault. I had made the mistake of assuming instead of just asking. A part of me was remorseful about walking away from her. That wasn't how I wanted our conversation to go or the foundation I wanted our relationship to be built on. It was just that I was overwhelmed and didn't know what else to say in that moment. Every now and then, I glanced at the door of my home office, squinting my eyes at the blinds even though I shut them on purpose, just to see if she was going to come after me.But then I knew Sloane better than anyone else and I was sure she wouldn't want to lower her pride and do that. She wasn't necessarily at fault. Neither of us was. We just had differin

"You've been very quiet." I looked at Zane and forced a smile. I just have a lot on my mind. "Alright then."He looked out the window and the silence stretched again. It wasn't until the meeting was over and everything was decided that I finally let the realization of the agreement set in. Rebecca, Chloe's mother was going to be living under our roof. I pondered on how the dynamic would seem like. Or if it was just a better idea to let her only visit her daughter.But alas, it was too late for any of that. It was signed and sealed. She would be moving in sooner or later. If only I knew how soon. ~Only the next morning, after a very awkwardly quiet night with Zane as we both understandably tried to process everything, there was a ring on the doorbell.I sat at the dining table, iPad in hand as I scrolled through my emails and listened to Maya via my airpods as she doled out my apparently packed schedule for the day.One of the staff got it. I didn't bother to ask who it was bec

When Zane called me in the middle of my workday and told me about the tender moment between Chloe and her mother, I felt a warmth inside that came with a little bit of yearning I refused to acknowledge.It was then I realized that we were so swept away by this whole Rebecca thing, we never fully resolved our last argument.But I wasn't sure I wanted to revisit the topic. I couldn't read his mind but I was pretty sure he didn't want to talk about it either. Maya walked in with my cappuccino and hers, looking extremely curious.I raised a brow at her too. "What?" I asked. "Nothing. I just haven't heard you say anything about your vow renewal.""Oh that." I said with a dismissive wave of my hand. "Zane and I are deciding to do something else."I could see her whole body light up in excitement. Sometimes I wondered how she was able to keep up with being such a happy person when I continuously stressed her out. I pay her enough though. "When? Where?!" She tried to hold herself from sq

Nothing could have prepared me for how this evening was turning out. I was too stunned to speak. And I watched Sloane's face closely as she shifted from one emotion to the other.When her gaze locked with mine, I saw the fury in hers. Shit. I was in serious trouble.Then she switched up and smiled out of nowhere.That was even scarier."Thanks for letting me know, Rebecca."Then before anyone of us could respond, she spun on her heels and casually made her way up the stairs. I watched her face until I couldn't and all I saw was a neutral expression. My heart rate tripled."At least that's out of the way."For some reason, Rebecca found it amusing. I turned to her with a glare."What the hell are you trying to do?" I confronted her.She feigned obliviousness. "What are you talking about?"She had an annoyingly smug smile on her face that made me think about strangling her so she would no longer be a problem. I was about to snap when Chloe walked in. We had agreed to not show any f

Knowing about Zane and Rebecca's previous relationship changed everything. What if fate was bringing them together and I was standing in the way of that? It changed how I saw her. How I saw them. Zane may have explained it clearly enough but somehow it didn't feel so great. I was constantly walking on eggshells now, avoiding running into her. And even when I wanted to check on Chloe, Rebecca seemed to be hoarding her. Why? I didn't know. I had no plans of stealing her child or something. I didn't even want kids of my own. Knowing Rebecca felt a certain way and was being overly territorial, I kept to myself. I did have a lot of work piled up for me so there was no time to be overly sentimental. Zane and I had somehow pushed everything about the vow renewal to the back of our minds. I stared at the glimmering new diamond he gave me every now and then. It was beautiful and perfect. Far from what our complicated relationship was. We barely even saw each oth