My Best Friend's Brother (Completed)

Chapter 20

Anthony's POV

I eventually decided to leave. I knew she didn't want me here. And for some reason, the idea of me and her being together seemed farther and farther away.

I know not too long ago I was pressing in my head that she and I belong together. The door did not need to be closed on us. And forgotten about.

I don't wanna forget, but I also can't force her into something that she does not want. I don't want to force her to love me. I don't want to force her to Indore pain that she does not deserve.

I hurt her very badly, and I will never forgive myself for hurting her. I hate myself for hurting her. I want her to be happy. More than anything in the world. She deserves it.

It honestly irks me to know that she could be with somebody else. I don't wanna know that she's with somebody else. But I know that she deserves to be happy, whether that is with me, or somebody else.

She seemed happy almost. Looks like something was weighing her down, most likely me. But I knew that she would find somebody who would treat her right. And give her everything her heart desires. I want to be able to give her that. But I know in my life right now I could not. I've been selfish.

I haven't been happy for a long time. And a happy person cannot give an unhappy person happy if they don't have it themselves. I'm going to let her go. Even though that is going to be hard. It is easier said than done. And that is clear.

I won't forget her, and honestly, I want to try and keep in contact with her. I don't want her to forget me either. That's my biggest worry.

I still love her more than anything in the world. She honestly saved me. When we started getting together, I was so depressed. Nobody saw it, honestly not even her. I hate it so much.

I made sure nobody could see it. Yeah, I was put on a pedestal by everybody, yeah I was an amazing sports player, yeah I was smart. But, she was the one real thing in my life. I never found any happiness, or reason to be here. And she gave me a reason.

She made life exciting. She made me wanna stay here, she made me wanna make her happy. I know that was not her intention, it would never be. It would make her seem selfish. Or self-absorbed. And she was neither of that. She was the most selfless person I ever knew.

And I feel that I am being selfish, or I was, by wanting to make her be mine again. I don't want to destroy her. I already have, but she's repairing herself now. So I need to leave her be.

As I board the plane, I can't help but wonder what she's doing. Who she's with, and how she feels. I wanna get off the plane, run to her, and tell her that I can't live without her. But that would be selfish of me. And I'm tired of being selfish.

Marissa's POV

" Your boyfriend is coming to work today." Samantha joked. She was standing at my office door, with a big smile on her face.

Over the past few days, Samantha has made it very clear that she likes to bug me about Zachary. I haven't spoken to Zachary since the shopping trip.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not mad at him for not texting me, or whatever. But I haven't seen him since then. Or even talk to him. But today, Zachary is coming into the office to oversee a few things.

From what Samantha has told me, he is a very busy man. And his goal is to get the company on its feet before he moves on to other projects. And to expect to see him quite frequently.

" For the last time Samantha, he is not my boyfriend. We talked briefly a few days ago. You better not let him hear you say that. It wouldn't look good. To him, to me, or even to you. He's technically my boss now. And he's your boss as well." I reminded her. She rolled her eyes and chuckled.

She knew I wasn't being mean to her, but it was the truth. It's not like I had fallen head over heels for Zachary. I mean he is a sweet guy, but at this point, I don't want anything with anybody. And especially not my new boss.

" Whatever, he should be here in like 20 minutes. So be on your best behavior. And don't be awkward!" She said before she started to exit my office. I could hear her laughing down the hallway, and I rolled my eyes.

I love Samantha, she was a good friend of mine and an amazing boss, but she was a little immature. Which is what I loved about her. I didn't have a stuck-up boss, that I majorly wanted to kill.

I continued to work on my project, and a quick time soon passed by. I was so focused on my job, but I didn't hear somebody knock on my door.

" Marissa?"

I instantly looked up from my computer and saw Zachary standing in my doorway. He looked a bit different. At least his clothing. He looked a lot more professional than he did the last time.

I was honestly very shocked to see him. But at the same time, I knew he would come to my office.

I had a resting bitch face until he changed it into a small smile, " hey Zachary, how are you?" I asked him.

" I'm good. I hope I didn't startle you. I knocked, but you didn't respond. You must be pretty focused."

" no, you're totally fine. Yeah, I was pretty focused. I tend to be focused on certain days, and other days I seem to zone out." I admitted.

" I'm the same way. I have productive days, and on other days I can't seem to focus on what I'm doing. But I feel like the days that I'm productive make up for the days that I can zone off."

Again, we were very similar. I could never believe it. I was always so interested in wondering what else he thought about certain opinions, or what he did. We were so alike.

" Anyways, I don't wanna bother you for too long, since you seem to be working hard today. But I'm gathering people around 11? Just to kind of introduce myself, a quick brief meeting."

" I didn't think I would be there? I figured it would be for the more important people?"

" Honestly you're right. Not that you're not important, don't get me wrong, you do an amazing job at what you do and you're very helpful. But, it's more for people like Samantha and above. But I want you to be there. Over the past few days, I've looked at all the workers here, and I'm astonished by what you do. I don't think you should be at the level that you're at right now. I think you should be much higher up."

I was surprised and confused at the same time. Not that I didn't think much of myself, but I didn't think I deserved to be praised. Not even another level. I was good at my job, but I never got anybody to recognize what I did. Not that I wanted the recognition either.

" Thanks, I appreciate your kind words. I'll be there at the meeting. If I remember. As I said I kinda get into a mood, and time passes by really quickly. I usually forget that time exists when I work and I'm in a mood."

Zachary smiled and nodded his head. He said goodbye to me and walked away. I looked back at my computer and smiled at myself. And then I continued back to my work for the next few hours.

After another few hours of work, I heard a knock at my door. This time it broke me out of my work. I looked up at my computer, and Samantha was looking at me.

" What's up?" I asked her.

" It's 10:55, Zachary told me you're coming to the meeting?"

Samantha had a big smile on her face. She knew I didn't belong there. But she also knew that Zachary had invited me. I rolled my eyes and smiled at her. She thought this was funny.

" Yeah, I'll be there soon. I'm just gonna finish up what I'm doing. Thanks for the reminder, I would've forgotten."

Samantha nodded and walked away from my office.

As I was closing my laptop, I got a reminder from Facebook. I clicked on the link, and it was a picture of me and Anthony. Anthony's arm wrapped around me.

Dammit, I can never stop thinking about him. If I do for one second, the universe reminds me of him.