I took a deep breath and nodded.Zachary put an arm around my shoulder and pulled me toward the entrance. We crossed the school ground in a race against the rain. By the time we reached the main corridor, my shirt was a little drenched, and I could feel myself shivering from the cold.Zach slipped out of his jacket and put it around my shoulders. “Here, wear this. Next time, listen to me, okay? I told you to change your clothes.”“Because you thought it was slutty,” I murmured.“Because weather forecasts say it’s gonna be cloudy with90 percent chance of rain today,” he argued.I stared up at him in surprise. How did he know that?The bell rang.Zachary looked down at me. “After your last period, I will meet you up here. We’ll go home together.”“That’s not necessary. I’ll be fine on my own,” I said.He raised a brow at me. “Last period. Right on this spot,” he repeated, his voice more authoritative this time.He put his hands on my shoulders, spun me around, and then gently pushed me
April stared at me for a long moment, probably scrutinizing my features. Zach and I had no common feature. My blond hair was a different shade. My eyes were golden, his were blue, like my parents’, which actually made me look adopted. Not only that. I felt adopted too. There was a huge difference in the way my parents treated us. Even when we were kids. My mother adored him. My father was training him to be his successor. He drove a luxury sports car; my parents didn’t even ask if I knew how to drive so they could get me my own car. We both attended the concert in Charleston. Zach probably paid for Kenzo and Mike’s tickets. Jessie paid for mine. I roomed with my friends in a three-star motel. Zach had his own suite in a five-star hotel near the concert grounds. I went home on a train that took fourteen hours. Zach came home on a domestic flight.He was the adopted one. Actually, he’s not even adopted anymore because the courts nullified all that when his father protested his adoption,
Zach was silent.“Zachary…” I whispered.He sighed. “It doesn’t matter what I wanted, baby girl.”“But did you?” I asked. I was desperate to know. I wanted to understand why he was so angry at me.“Why do you want to know?” he asked. “You already chose our fate. And you didn’t even ask me what I wanted. So, no, you don’t get to ask me those questions.”There was a trace of sadness and frustration in his voice. And it broke my heart because I felt like I broke his heart when that was the last thing I wanted to do. But I couldn’t risk it. Once we crossed that line, there would be no turning back for him and me. At least this way, we still had a chance to repair our relationship. He’ll always be my brother. If I slept with him, we’d always have that between us. Forever. Even someday when we get married and have our own families. He’ll be the uncle of my children. How could I feel comfortable with him around or look at him in the eye knowing that I slept with him?We may not be related by
“How are you holding up, girl? Your parents giving you grief?” Marie asked on the other line. She’d been settling down in college too. We’ve been getting in touch in social media, but it was the first time I got to speak to her over the phone.“Not really. How can they give me grief when they don’t mind me at all, right?” I asked sarcastically.“Awww! So, nothing changed?”I sighed. “Many things have changed, but not so much in that area. Can we not talk about my parents?”I walked lazily toward the building on the east where my next class was going to be. This was the class I dreaded most. It was my last period, and we were doing tons of boring readings.“Okay. Have you heard from Z? You guys were pretty hot and heavy when you parted. I’m sure you’re not a virgin anymore! We didn’t have to ask. You practically had stars in your eyes.” She sounded so excited, so happy, I lost the courage to tell her the truth about Zachary and me.I took a deep breath. “I didn’t sleep with him,” I sai
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were dating anybody, Ms. Stewart,” he said apologetically.“No, this is my…” I started saying that Zachary was my brother.But my brother was quick to cut me off. “Zachary Reed.” I didn’t miss the emphasis he gave on his surname.“Alrick Thomas.” They shook each other’s hands. Then Alrick backed off and smiled at me politely. “See you around.” Then he left.I turned to Zachary. “Excuse me. What was that about?”He stared back at me innocently. “What?”“Now, he’s probably thinking that we’re dating.”He raised a brow at me. “So?”“We’re not. You’re my brother!”“Yeah, yeah! Like I need another reminder,” he said. Then he took my books from my arms and walked toward the stairs with me lagging behind him.“He’s not the only one thinking we’re dating,” I said.“Really? Who else?”“There was this girl, Stephanie Bell.”He smirked. “Oh, her.”“Are you dating her?” I asked, my voice slightly raised.“Jealous?” he asked in a teasing tone.“Of course not!” I s
I swallowed hard. Staring at Zachary’s beautiful face, his dazzling eyes made me squirm on my seat. I can feel the heat radiating between my legs. I was almost afraid that he could feel how hot I was becoming… that he could smell the gush of moisture from my pussy.Unable to bear his closeness and the weight of his stare, I turned away from him, moving towards the door, as far away from him as possible.I cleared my throat. “Yeah,” I breathed. “Your my big brother. I’m sure you won’t do anything to hurt me.”He smirked and then he turned back to the road. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”We drove in silence. I was getting used to his presence as a brother. He’s one guy who liked the same things I do. Someone who would go to lengths to protect me, keep me away from harm. I knew I trusted no one else more than I trusted him. The silence between us didn’t feel awkward anymore. Instead, it felt comfortable… assuring.The road was slippery and wet. Like there was a storm all evening, and I w
I must have waited for an eternity. And then… nothing. I didn’t feel his lips on me. I realized I didn’t feel any part of my body touching his. Then I heard him say, “Midnight snack?” Slowly, I opened my eyes. He was staring down at me with an amused expression on his face. “What did you say?” I asked. “I said, I’m hungry. I would like you to cook midnight snack for us,” he replied. I blinked back at him. “Tha-that’s all?” He took a step back and blinked back at me. The look on his face was innocent and amused at the same time. And suddenly, I felt confused. “Yes. That’s all. Your friends said you can cook. And suddenly, I’m starving. What do you say? Cook for your big brother?” Shit! Is he fucking kidding me? I took a moment to compose myself. Then I smiled back at him. “Sure. What do you want to eat?” He shrugged. “Something with soup would be perfect for the weather.” He pointed at the kitchen. “Knock yourself out.” I nodded and walked toward the kitchen. Suddenly, I f
Zach shook his head. “Unless you have the power to stop a storm.” “What about our clothes?” “I have clothes here. You can borrow mine. I’ve got a stock of new toothbrushes too and clean towels. If you’re hungry, I’ve got enough food here.” He went to the double-door fridge and opened it for me to see. He had beers, Breezers, milk, fruits, ice cream, and ready-made foodstuff. “I can stay here for days and never go hungry,” he said. I reached forward and touched the bottle of watermelon Breezers and smiled to myself. “There’s a bathroom upstairs. You might want to take a shower. My clothes are in the cabinet. You can borrow whatever you want. When you come down, we’ll play some pool and drink some beer.” He led me upstairs. There was a canopy double bed and matching gray-wash bedside table and wardrobe cabinet. Seeing the bed made me gulp. It brought back a lot of memories of that night I spent with him. I quickly shut the memory out of mind. I can’t think about him that way! E
Zach.My cheeks and neck where Damien had hit me burned, but the physical pain was the least of my worries. All I could feel was guilt and remorse just thinking about what Blaire must be going through right now.I hated myself for subjecting her to this humiliation, and it was because I failed to be a man and control my dick. If only I could undo my mistakes.My body, mind, and soul craved her with an intensity that scared me. The thought of ending the night without plunging into her pussy nearly drove me crazy. I couldn’t resist my desire to claim her, smolder her with my infinite passionate kisses, caressing, and fondling. I wasn’t one to accept defeat – not when we were so close to expressing our feelings out in the open. And by some stroke of misfortune, our friends had to rain on our parade!And now, not only did they walk in on our business uninvited, they made us face our harsh reality… our worst nightmare.
Blaire.I didn’t know how much time flew by. All I knew was that my beautiful dirty secret has finally spilled out in the open. I couldn’t pull away from the visibly upset Zach, who held me close to his chest as I buried my face in his chest, too embarrassed to continue the staring competition with our friends. But the strong demeanor he wore to make me feel better did little to alleviate my apprehension.Marie was the first to break the silence.“Bee! What the fuck do you think you are doing?” she screamed, tears peering through her eyes. She covered her face with her palms as she sobbed into them.Kenzo didn’t say anything. He just stood there coolly with his hands inside his pockets. His attitude since I and Zach bumped into him earlier that evening showed that he already knew what was going on with us.Trepidation consumed Jessie. She lost words to describe the obscenity playing right before her e
My phone beeped.Zach: Baby girl…Me: Babe…Zach: I forgot my bag.Me: Okay, I’ll be out in a minute.I wiped my tears dry and then I went out of the room. Zach’s bag was in the cabinet. I took it silently and then I went out the door. Zach was leaning against the wall beside the door.“Hey,” I whispered.He stared at me for a moment. Then he reached forward and caressed my head gently.“There are a million things I wanted to say, a dozen things I wanted to do to you,” he whispered.Tears rolled down my cheeks. “I miss you!”He smiled at me ruefully. “I miss you, too. And right now, there’s nothing more I want to do than kiss you senseless and drown myself in you.”“Me too.”He pushed a lock of stray hair away from my face.“I’m sorry,” he said.
We attended the concert with our friends, keeping at least two feet distance between us. My arms ached to hug him, my lips couldn’t wait to kiss him.“I thought your boyfriend is joining us, Blaire,” Damien reminded us of when we all grabbed dinner at the food stands.“He’s ah…” I trailed off, not really knowing what to say. If only I know what my imaginary boyfriend was up to!“He’s stuck in a blizzard. Plane got cancelled,” Zach supplied for me.“What? Blizzard? Where the hell did he come from?” Kenzo asked with a wide-eyed expression. Something told me he didn’t believe there was a boyfriend all along. After all, he knew Zach well.Zach raised an annoyed brow at him before replying curtly, “Alaska!”“Oh, that’s too bad,” Kenzo said with a slight smirk.Yep! He knows.“Oh, that means you’r
Blaire.I stared at my friends blankly. Then I turned to Damien. “Hey, Dame. Nice to see you again,” I said, stepping forward and giving him a hug.“Where’s your boyfriend?” he asked. “I was wondering if we can finally get an introduction? You didn’t come here with just your big brother,you? That would be boring!”“Ummm… yeah. He’s chaperoning me,” I said quickly. “I was going to meet my boyfriend here. Zach agreed to hang around with me until he comes.”“Zach’s your brother? And you have a boyfriend?” Marie asked.“And you didn’t tell us?” Jessie asked accusingly.I smiled at them sheepishly. “I guess. It’s just recent. I didn’t get a chance to tell them yet.”“Recent?” Damien echoed. “You’ve been rejecting my boy Ricky during our family reunion becau
No! He can’t know! We’ve been careful.I cleared my throat and straightened my back. “Are… you okay?”“Of course, of course,” he replied. “But if you need something, come to me, okay? I have your back, cuz. The court said you’re not related to us anymore, don’t forget that. You are not our blood. Legally, you are not my uncle’s son anymore. But… you’re still my cousin, okay?”He patted me on the shoulder.Okay! He’s being a little weird.“Okay,” I said. “I’ll remember that.”“Good,” he said.“Ben, it was nice seeing you again,” Blaire said behind him.“Oh, hello, cuz,” Ben said. He reached forward and gave her a hug. As if automatically, I started timing how long he’d be hugging her. After five seconds, I’d be hauling him off her.Luckily, he pu
Zach.I pulled her toward my car and opened the passenger door for her.“We can’t leave!”“Oh yeah we can,” I said.“Those guys are going to notice that we’re gone.”“Like I care,” I said. I motioned for her to get in.Reluctantly, she got in.I drove away from the bar.“Where are we going?”“To heaven, baby girl. I’m going to give you what you’ve been asking for since the moment you walked into the bar.”Her eyes widened in disbelief. My hands went to her thigh, giving it a light squeeze, making her bare skin even hotter.“Oh my god, I don’t think I can do this,” she breathed.“Do what, baby girl?”Suddenly, she seemed really nervous. I stared back at her. She shook her head. “I can’t do this. I can’t just walk out of the bar with a complete
Zach.Me: I’m sure. You’re the teasing type. I’ll bet it makes you hot thinking about how I’ll rip those panties off you. So, tell me… how tiny are they?Her: So tiny they barely conceal me.I almost choked on my beer.It was getting hot. We had been through this before. When we sext each other, we usually end up having sex in the shed. But the problem was that we were a thousand miles away from home and we were surrounded by nosy cousins, aunts, uncles, and our parents. But I was not sure I could wait until tomorrow night to make love to her.“You didn’t come here just to text all night, did you?” Damien asked behind me.I immediately turned my phone over, hiding the screen from him.“Remember, I didn’t want to come at all,” I said, drinking my beer.“Plenty of hot girls here. You don’t fancy anyone?”Yes.
Zach.“Look, if you guys want to have some fun, go knock yourselves out,” I said to the boys.“We’re going to hook up with chicks, man. Don’t be such a party pooper!” Damien said to me.“Don’t tempt him, bro. He’s got a girl,” Ben told him.“So?” Damien asked, arching a brow.“So, I’m loyal,” I said.“You’re whipped!” Ben said, chuckling.“I am. And I’m proud of it. You should try it. Feels incredible.”Damien wrinkled his nose and shivered as if he found the idea extremely abominable.“Come on, bro! We just got you back after almost a decade! You used to be the leader of all mischiefs in the pack. And now, you’re staying at home when we want to go clubbing with girls. Oh, did I mention hot girls?” Damien said.“I’m not stopping you. But sorry, guys. M