Annabelle’s POV

I hear some faint whispering beside me & I stir. I feel like I have slept forever. Guess I was in desperate need of a good sleep. Since the whole debacle between Brian & I, I haven’t been able to sleep for more than 2 hours straight. “Yeah, I’ll tell her” I listen Brian say & I turn to my head to see him hanging up. I clutch the sheet closer around my body. I still can’t believe I made love with Brian. & it was perfect. This is just perfect. He turns to look at me, only dressed with his silk boxers. “Good afternoon” He says, making me turn around completely. He immediately wraps his arms tighter around me & kisses my forehead.

“Who were you talking to?” I ask, nuzzling in his chest, tracing his Blue Blood tattoo with my index finger.

“Your dad” He says & I immediately sit down, losing the sheet on the way. I scramble to cover me up again, Brian laughing, before being pulled towards him, my chest pressed against his. “It’s ok. Calm down” He says, removing a strand of hair that fell to my face. He stares into my eyes & I just melt. It’s like I’m falling even deeper in love with him. He starts caressing my cheek, making me slowly close my eyes & lean to the touch, making me forget about everything. “You’re beautiful” He whispers, making me pry my eyes open to see him staring at me, with nothing but the true flooding his eyes. I kiss him. I kiss him cuz I want to. I kiss him cuz I can. I kiss him cuz he’s finally mine. He kisses me back, his hands resting on my waist. I manage to straddle him, while he seat a bit more, allowing me to wrap my legs around his waist. I let my kisses travel through his defined jaw line towards his neck, making sure to suck on that sweet spot I found yesterday. “Belle” He mutters/moans. I let my hands tangle on his hair. That hair that he takes so much time styling. That hair that’s untouchable. A hair that I love to run my hands through. He lifts me a bit & lays me down, making me stop kissing his neck, only for him to start kissing mine. I run my hands down his back, feeling him leaving another mark on my neck. “As much as I would love to continue… we can’t” He says, before stopping & looking at me. I look at his & kiss him hard, letting him know that I wasn’t gonna stop. “Belle” He says, murmuring through our kiss. “Your parents will be here in 5 minutes” He says, stopping completely & standing up. I stay there, flushed & bothered, while I stare at him. He throws a shirt at me so I can cover myself up, while I see him starting to pull his pants up. He turns to look at me. I haven’t moved an inch, just taking all of him in. “What?” He asks, sitting at the edge of the bed so he can start tying his shoes. I move to him & wrap my arms around him from the back.

“Are you staying?” I mumble, staring at the tattoo he hates so much on his back.

“I’m gonna go home & take a shower” He says & I mutter an ‘oh’ with a great disappointment. I honestly expected & wanted for him to spend more time with me. I didn’t thought he wanted to take shower so quickly to get rid of whatever me is left on his skin. “Hey” He says, turning around & placing me on his lap. Guess he must’ve sensed my distress. “Why don’t I meet you there? We can order some food & we can talk” He says & I nod. “We need to talk about this, Belle” He finishes & I nod. All this time I’ve been trying to pretend that everything is alright because we have each other, because we’re together. But I know we’re not. What we did is gonna hurt so much people. “Get a shower & I see you there” He says, kissing me passionately yet delicately & lingering a bit. We break apart & I give him a smile, before wrapping myself with the sheet heading towards the bathroom. Brian slaps my ass with his vest & I turn to see him smiling. “I couldn’t resist it” He says, finishing the bottoms of his shirts.

“Watch it, Haner… or you’re never touching it again” I say, before entering the bathroom & closing the door. I hear his footsteps leave the room & I squeal & jump, like a crazy person, from the excitement. I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy before. I’ve never felt this complete. & it’s all because of him.

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“Brian, stop it” I say, brushing his hands off of me.

“It’s just that you look so hot” He says, grabbing my hips again, while kissing my neck. “I can’t help myself”

“What?” I ask, giggling & wiggling myself out of his grasp. “You’re just a horn dog” I say, turning to walk to grab a bottle of water from his fridge. I hear his heavy footsteps hot at my trail, so I sprint towards the kitchen’s door, opening it just seconds before him grabbing me & hoisting me up.

“Are you trying to escape me, Ms. Hurley?” He says, sending me into a fit of laughter. It’s been a while since Brian & I have been this loud & obnoxious to each other. We stopped being childish around each other the moment we started realizing we had more than friendly feelings towards each other. He places me roughly at the countertop, standing between my legs. I look at him, running my hands through his hair, looking at his lips before leaning to kiss him. He places his hands at my things, rubbing them, making a small moan escape my lips. “I’ll never get tired of that” He says, leaning to kiss me again. Our small make out session was beginning to get heavier & hotter when he started pulling me closer to him. We were practically glued together. He was ready to pick me up & take me to whatever room he wanted & I was more than willing.

“Hey, dude, I’m here to drop off your-” We hear Jimmy’s voice from the kitchen door & we turn to stare at him. His blue eyes were wide & his mouth was hanging open in shock. “Tux” He finishes, before turning around & walking out.

“Jim” Brian says, ready to run after him, but I stop him.

“I’ll go” I say. Brian nods & I jump off of the counter & exit the kitchen. I start towards the front door when I see Jimmy standing by the stairs. “Jimmy-” I start but he cuts me off.

“What do you think you’re doing, Annabelle?” He says, his face still shocked, but anger filling his words. “Are you fucking crazy?”

“No” I say. “I… I love… him” I say, walking closer to him but he takes a step back, almost as if he was disgusted by me.

“You love him? YOU LOVE HIM?” He says, raising his voice. “You gotta be fucking kidding me” He says, beginning to pace as he processes everything. I can almost see the reels in his head working.

“No. I love him. I want to be him. I’m staying with him” I say & the last part makes him stop.

“What? You’re staying for him?” He asks & I nod. “You’re staying for a guy who’s getting married in less than 12 hours?” He says & I nod again. He scoffs. “I don’t know what’s going on with you, but… he’s not getting married to you, you know” He says, like I’m stupid.

“I fucking know that. & he’s not getting married at all. He’s calling the wedding off” I say, placing my hands on my hips.

“Oh, really? & when is he planning on doing that? When Michelle is walking the aisle? Or when the priest asks if anyone’s has an objection?” He says & his words hurt me. They hurt me deep. I stay silent. “Why? Why now? After all this time… now, Annabelle” He says, running his hands through his hair.

“He… he loves me too” I say with tears in my eyes & Jimmy looks at me. I see he’s struggling with himself. He wants to comfort me, but he also knows he shouldn’t.

“I don’t a give a fuck” He says. “You cheated on her. You both did. Do you seriously think Michelle deserves that? You’re just the other woman. You will always be the other woman, Ann” He says, walking past me, leaving me with his words. “I f I were you, I would take that plane to New York. Are you sure you want to throw your future away? Do you wanna trade a perfect future for one in which your friends won’t even look at you for what you guys have done” He says, stopping for a second, before turning to look at me as I turn to look at him, the tears now running from my eyes. “I never expected something so low from you, Ann” He said, with disappointment in his voice. “Not from you” He says, walking away & slamming the door as he exited the house.

Brian’s POV

I listen to the front door slam shut & I quickly hurried to find Annabelle sitting at the stairs, her stare cast down as tears run from her eyes. “Hey” I say kneeling in front of her. But the second I made an attempt to touch her, she flinched. “Belle” I say hurt & she looks at me. & I know exactly what’s coming. I know she’s gonna break my heart.

“We can’t do this” She says. Her bottom lips trembles as she sniffs.

“Yes, we can. Belle, I love you” I say, desperate to make her change her mind.

“No, we can’t, Brian” She says, standing up. “Who were we kidding? You’re getting married & I’m moving to New York” She says that last part & I just lose it.

“No. You’re not moving” I say, panting from the tears that are fighting to be spilled. “You can’t move. We love each other” I say, walking to her but she backs away.

“This has nothing to do with love. We’re selfish. We’re just 2 selfish assholes that went behind their friends back & betrayed her in the worst way possible. How am I supposed to stand by her side tomorrow & watch her marry the guy that I made love with just hours ago?”

“You don’t have to do that” I say, grabbing her by her arms & making her look at me. “Because there will not be a wedding” I say, trying to knock some sense into her.

“Yes, there will be. I’m not gonna be the reason for you to break Michelle’s heart. I will not be the reason for everyone to hate you. I love you too much for that” She says.

“What are talking about? I don’t a fuck about everyone else. I want you. All I about is you. YOU, YOU, YOU” I say, kissing her, hoping that I can show her everything that she means to me. That I can’t live without her. That I need her. Our tears mix together as I feel her respond. We break our kiss & I nuzzle my head in her neck. She traces her hand through my chest while I hold her loosely by the waist. “It’s only you” I whisper to her, inhaling that VS body lotion that she uses & that drives me crazy.

“I do give a fuck about everyone else” She whispers to me, making me open my eyes. She lightly pushes me away & turns to grab her bag & walk towards the door.

“Annabelle…” I start but get chocked up with my own tears. She stops & I can see her shoulders trembling from her crying.

“I’m sorry, Brian. I just… I just can’t” She says before walking out of the house & I just crash down crying. I never thought that losing the person that you love could be so painful. I never thought that without her, I’m not being able to breathe. I pull my knees to my chest & I lean on a wall. I can’t believe it’s over… even before it started. I lost her… hours after I just called her mine for the first time.

Notes

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