X, Y & Z

Chapter 13

 I groaned as Xavier’s phone rang and I rolled away from him to be farther away from the noise. He’d kept me up long enough last night. “Hello?” He groggily answered. “Ava? What are you talking about? Tomorrow? Fine, goodbye.”

“What happens tomorrow?” I asked yawning widely.

“She comes back home. Her last party cancelled on her.” I sighed knowing that meant that X would be back in the same bed as Ava.

Kissing her.

Whispering sweet nothings in her ear when they had made love.

Made love.

I rolled out of the bed facing away from X and wiped my eyes. This was it. My mini fairytale was over. Reality came crashing back down on me and it was devastating. I stood up and quickly walked out of my room to keep from X hearing my sobs.

Why was I so stupid? I fell for my sister’s fiancée and I actually thought that it could end well for me. I shook my head and laughed bitterly. Life hated home wrecking whores and that’s just what I was.

“Baby?” I took a deep breath.

“Don’t call me baby anymore. You can still call me Z, though.” I still kept my back towards him.

“What if I don’t want to?” His tone was sexy and he started gently stroking my arms, knowing that I got turned on easily by it.

“You can’t talk your way out of this one. You need to be out of my room by tonight and sleeping back in the guest house because your fiancée will be joining you tomorrow and I don’t think she will appreciate sharing a bed with her man and his play toy.” His eyes turned cold and he grabbed my cheek to make me look at him.

“You are not a toy. You are the mother of my child and I love you both.”

“But that’s still not enough, is it?” X looked at a loss for words and that was enough. “Just leave me alone for now.” X looked like he was about to say something. “Please.” He let out a breath and nodded in defeat.

“I love you, Z.” I tightly closed my eyes, but didn’t answer back. I couldn’t answer back; my throat was clogged with the unshed tears. I heard his receding steps and let out a sob. I pulled out my phone.

“Hello?” I felt bad for waking him up, but I needed comfort.

“I’m sorry for waking you, can you come over?” I think he heard the sadness in my voice.

“Give me 20 minutes.” We hung up and I curled up I the blanket on my couch.

My bell rang and I opened the door to face Luke. I wrapped my arms around his neck and started to cry more. “What’s wrong, sweet girl?”

“She’s coming back early. I don’t know how I ever could’ve thought anything would be different. He’s still going to marry her and I’m going to be left in the shadow.”

“Sweets, don’t cry. I hate to see tears out your pretty little eyes.” He gently wiped my face. “How about we make him jealous?”

“Jealous?” I was intrigued by what Luke had to say.

“Yeah. Think about it, you pretend to get cozy with me, his best friend, and he realizes what he’s leaving behind.” I thought about it and leaned my head on his shoulder.

“Why couldn’t I fall for you?” He laughed and I guess Xavier had already gone back to the guest house because I’m sure he wouldn’t appreciate Luke being here so early.

“I wouldn’t have minded. But you know you’re like a sister to me.”

“I know. What’s Becca going to say to this? I always thought you guys had something going on.”