Rose of Constance

Chapter Twenty Three - I Love Him

I was at home, laying on the sofa and petting Moon, when my phone began to ring. I groaned and pouted at my cat.

"Nothing silent lasts for long does it Moon?" I sigh and reach over to answer.

"Hello, Brother."

"Sister, how do you feel like joining me for a spot of brunch?" he asked and I sat up still holing onto Moon.

"I feel like you need to talk and it's gonna make me mad so a public place will minimise the blow out." I theorised down the phone to him

"Why would you think that?" I could hear the amusement in his voice.

"Because I'm your twin sister and I know you. But I will come anyway, see you in a hour." I hung up and put my phone down.

"nice quiet time with you will be some other time." Moon miaowed and I put moon on my  bed and changed

A hour later I was sat down with my brother, we ordered our drinks and I looked over the menu.

"So what is so dire?"

"Your boyfriend is sniffing around our family." he told me and I raised an eyebrow. "He had a meeting with our father, under the guise of being interested in the construction business."

"So?"

"So? Can you imagine Humphrey wanting to be anywhere near the thing. He is up to something because I followed him and he had a meeting with Noah Shapiro at the New York times right after." I put my menu down just as the drinks came

"Are you ready to order?"

"Not just yet, thank you." I smiled at the waitress, she nodded and left us to it. i took a sip of my drink.

"So you've resorted to following my boyfriend now. That is protectiveness at a whole new level." I commented with a calm and cool demeanour

"Well..."

"Chuck, I love you. But we both know, that knowing father he will have done his research given the fact that the guy is dating his daughter. So if Dan is up to something I'm sure he already knows." I brushed it off

"Then why would he not do something?"

"You're seriously asking that question. Charles you need to pay more attention." I glanced back down "I think I might have chicken."

"Rose this is serious. He's not who you think he is." he stressed and I figured as to what he was alluding to.

"If you're referring to the piece of writing on you. I am fully aware." I called over the waitress "Have you decided?"

"You knew? You never said anything?"

"Chuck, he never published, he didn't even write it at first. You know father for all his faults doesn't blame you for that and neither do I." the waitress came over "Can I have the chicken please."

"Of course. Sir." he glared at me

"He'll have the steak." she nodded and left us "Chuck, I love you I do. But this is not because of Dan, it's because of father. I am beseeching you not to hurt him."

"Why do you even care he's just a toy for you." it was my turn to glare at him

"He isn't I love him." I froze after the words left my lips I sat back on my chair as my mind went a mile a minute

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I waited in the park for Dan. I was running on adrenaline and I needed to tell him what I had admitted to my own brother.