Secret Affection

06 | Seattle

ISLA

"Breakfast is ready" Kyle informs me when he comes out from kitchen. I get up and walk to the elegant dining room.

"You could've let me help, I feel bad you had to do all of this because of me" I apologetically say.

"No, I was the one who called you, so I owe you this" he says and sits opposite to me.

"Woow, pancakes with maple syrup!" I agape.

"You like this breakfast" Kyle asks.

"I love this breakfast" I chirp and he  chuckles.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"

"No, it's okay"

"Okay, we should eat" I say and Kyle starts to serve my plate.

"You know I can do this myself, right?" I smile at Kyle who's busy pouring milk on my breakfast cereals.

"Yeah, but I want to do this" he says, now pouring me an orange juice. "All done" He looks at me and I thank him.

It had never crossed my mind that one day I'll be having breakfast with my ex boyfriend's brother at his house and it's just the two of us. I don't know how I should feel about this, happy or worried. There's a part of my mind that tells me that what I'm doing is not right and another part tells me that, this is not wrong either. But we're not doing anything bad, are we? So why would this be wrong. My head is just messing with me, damnit.

"Are you alright" Kyle asks me and I look up from my plate.

"Huh?"

"You seem to be in a deep thoughts, is everything ok?" He asks with a concerned look on his face but I quickly shake my head.

"I'm totally fine, I think I should go" I put down the spoon and Kyle looks at me with a surprised face.

"Is something wrong" He asks

Yeah, everything is wrong. My subconscious answers him.

"I don't know, I just...I need to leave" I abruptly stand up and grab my bag.

"Isla..."

As soon as my name leaves Kyle's mouth, I feel like everything around me stopped. The way he calls my name, it feels like my name hurts him, like I hurt him. He sounds desperate and needy, and that breaks my heart but I don't stop, I leave without saying another word. Coming here was a big mistake.

Get a grip Isla, get a grip. I tell myself as the cab drives me away from Kyle's penthouse.

My heart is thumping hard against my chest when I reach home. I could also hear my unsteady breaths. Throwing the bag on my bed, I slide down against the door of my room to the floor, loosing my balance.

"What is this" I whisper, squeezing onto my chest. My phone soon starts to ring and when I look at the caller ID it's Kyle. Ignoring it, I turn off my phone and take in a deep breath.

Was it him all this time? Was he the reason I moved on so fast? The reason that my heart thumps hard against my chest every time he's around. It's him. Kyle Williams.

I don't want to believe in any of this, I don't want to believe that... that the person that I'm slowly letting in my heart is....Kyle, my brother in law. Why didn't I see it coming. I would've stopped it, this is madness. He has been nothing but kind to me as her brother's girlfriend. What would he think of me when he finds out that I have feelings for him. What would Hudson and his parents think when they would find out about this. Where are your morals Isla.