Brother's best friend: Raymour & Athena

Chapter 25

Vincenzo texted me this morning saying he needed to talk. I knew we would have to talk eventually I just didn't think it would happen so soon.

It's been about 2 months and 3 to 4 weeks since I woke up. We pretty avoided each other especially when I was working as Raymours assistant.

I knocked on the door of Vincenzo office in the morning. I could hear his footsteps leading towards the door making me more and more nervous.

As soon as he opened the door his smile dropped. He moved to the side and let me into his office. I sat down in the chair in front of his desk.

"I called this meeting to talk about the situation at hand" he says super professional like this was a business talk. What's up with him?

I swallow, "you mean the fact that I cheated on you with your brother" I state. He's trying to avoid it like it's going to go away. He finally sits in his seat in front of me.

"Athena please-"

"No we're not going to avoid this and pretend it didn't happen" I say standing up. "I hurt you Vincenzo and your pretending it didn't happen but I did. So go ahead scream, yell, call me a bad person".

He stands up slowly and quietly never taking his eyes off of me. The eye contact is making me shiver.

"Athena", he says over clenched teeth. "Please don't. Why can't you just let things go" he screams.

"This is not letting it go this is avoidance of your feelings. Be mad at me Vincenzo".

"I can't be mad at you because I love you Goddamn it" he burst out. "I'm damn in love with you it hurts me and you just cheated on me with my brother and I can't hate you".

I stay there in silence not really knowing what to say. I broke this guy. He was falling in love with me the whole time and I fell in love with his brother. I fell in love with the bad brother instead of the good one.

Then the bad brother was standing in back of us. I could feel his presence in the air. It was cold and dark. It left like a magnetic push toward him. All I wanted was his body on mine, for his hands to wrap around mine. For him to look at me the way he does.

"Umm is everything all right in here" Raymour says in a soft voice. I don't turn back to look at him but I feel Vincenzo eyes leave me and go towards him.

"Were just talking Raymour everything is alright" he says with the coldest eyes. "What you really want to know is are we getting back together" he teases Vincenzo. I hate when this happens.

Raymour bites down on his lips like he's holding his words in. He doesn't want to pick a fight with his brother that much is clear. Almost immediately I say. "We're not getting back together" as if I was feeling guilty for leading him to believe we were.

Vincenzo look at me as if u said the wrong thing. I was right though. We aren't getting back together. My heart will always belong to Raymour even though I fight it at every turn.

Vincenzo storms out of his office in a anger moving pass me and hitting my shoulder. I want to move but I'm stuck in place. I can't even look at him. The guy I love is in front of me and I can't look at him.

It's crazy to think at one point he didn't exists to me. We're different people and now all I can think about is him. Him touching me, him banging inside of me, him making me smile even when I don't want to. I will not go back to him. I won't be his second choice to his wife.

"Please Athena look at me" he begs.I know if I look at him I will give into him. My body screams yes but my head is yelling at me to run away from him. This time I must listen to my head. I'm stronger than this.

"No" I shouted out loud. I will not be your second choice to your wife. You had your chance to choose me and you choose her while I was lying fucking in a hospital bed. Before I couldn't tell you to fuck off but now I can because I deserve better than to be broken by you".

I stormed out of Vincenzo office. I stood at the door of mine and took a deep breath. It's was hard but I did it. I do deserve better and I want better for myself. So why do I feel so sad?

I made my whole life about Raymour that I don't even have friends at my college because I was so wrapped up in him. I needed to change for the better become a new person and it starts today.

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I walked into the building at my university ready to make friends so late in the year. I had to put Raymour far from my mind and see passed him.

I walked into my first class. I sat next to a girl with blonde wavy hair and a pretty shiny smile. She smiled at me and introduce herself. "Hello my name is Aviana".

I smiled back her introducing myself. "My name is Athena, it's really nice to meet you".

"I know it's insensitive to ask this but I hear about it-"

"Yes, I was a mistress. No I didn't know about it" I replied cutting her off. I knew someone was going to ask me about it. It was just a matter of time. I'm not mad she asked about it. I would be curious too.

"Oh" was the only word that left her mouth. "Well" she hyped up. "We can be friends. I'm sorry I asked I didn't mean to make you upset" she says frowning.

"No, no It didn't make me upset. Everyone in this school knows about Raymour and I. It's not like we we're exactly private" I replied to make her feel better and it did. She smiled happily.

We spent the whole day getting to know each other. We sat on the lawn and played 21 questions and we ate lunch together and talked about crushes and ex boyfriend. I didn't tell her about what happened with Raymour niether did she asks. I was grateful to have a friend like her.