It ain't me (Sequel to "What an asshole you are, Zachary"), Zach Kornfeld fanfic

Pressure from both sides

A/N: The new story where I'll be doing requested one shots is on already! Check it out on my profile!!! <3

I gulped as guilt washed over me when I grabbed Zach's cellphone. He gently pulled me into his chest yet this time I didn't feel as protected as usually.

"Luke?" I quietly asked even though I knew he was on the other side. His breathing was fast, making me feel even more anxious than before.

"Kiara, open the fucking front door," His stern voice ordered and made me close my eyes. A second later the phone call ended and banging was heard on the door. 

"He's here, right?" Zach sounded defeated and his huge palm found its way up to my cheek. I nodded, knowing what was the right thing to do. 

"I'm just gonna get my thi-," Immediately I was interrupted by my ex husband.

"No! You can't just get your things and leave, Kiara? Fuck Luke, fuck everything, just stay with me!" With every word he said he became more quiet and for the first time in my life Zach seemed like a beggar to me.

My heart was tearing apart seeing him like that but then again, he was the one that wanted to divorce me in the first place. The more I thought of it, the more I realised what a mistake last night was. I always despised cheating and now I was the one, who did it.

"Zach," I took a step back with my eyes wide open. Grabbing my stomach I quickly made my way to the front door, avoiding Zach's every try to grab me.

"Don't do this... I love you, I need you," A quiet whisper was all I heard behind me as my hand reached out for the knob. I knew this man enough to recognise the indicators of crying.

"I love you too, Zachie," I quietly whispered and turned the knob. 

I didn't even manage to do a whole turn cause soon enough the blonde haired man opened the door widely. His eyes were bloodshot and his hair was a mess. Luke didn't even look at me as he entered the flat, rushing directly towards Zach.

"What the fuck did you do to her? Why isn't she answering the phone?" He yelled, grabbing his shoulders. 

In that moment I wanted to ignore all the mess I caused and closed my eyes. I knew it was all my fault for trying to bring Zach back in my life again and I knew I hurt more than just myself with that. I wished that last night had never happened and that Luke would never find out about it.

"I did nothing! She was...," His voice then cracked and my green eyes met his. Now it was my turn to beg him, hoping he wouldn't spill our secrets out. I could literally see his brain working hard on what to say so the words would be as believeable as possible.

"Were you here last night, Kiara?" Luke seemed to have found out Zach would not say a thing and his attention turned to me. I looked down as he approached me, feeling too much shame for my actions. He pulled me into his chest just like Zach did before as if he wanted to protect me from him. I felt guilt spreading all over my body, going from my stomach up to my throat and down into my legs so they started shaking.

"She wasn't feeling well when I found her in the bar," Suddenly my ex husband shot out, giving the most possible explanation for my overnight stay.

"You weren't feeling well," Luke repeated, mimicking Zach. I bit my lip hard so it started bleeding and gently tugged on Luke's t-shirt to make him turn his blue eyes to me.

"Zach helped me a lot last night... I didn't want to bother you when you were out with-," Luke nodded and sneaked his arm around me to press me closer to him.

"It's okay baby," He quietly said and messed my hair. I truly hoped Zach left no marks on my neck last night. 

There was one good thing about this situation: Luke seemed to believe our lies so besides some awkward explanating afterwards why I didn't call anyone else, our night was safe. In that moment I also promised myself to not repeat it again, no matter what happens between me and Luke. 

"I love you," Were the words Luke said out loud before rising his bright blue eyes towards Zach, obviously expecting me to say them back.

"I-I love you too," Was the hardest sentence I ever had to say in my life. Now I felt as if they belonged to someone else instead of Luke.

Hearing Zach inhaling deeply and meeting his disappointed eyes made my knees weak again. I bit my lip so hard it bled again and I didn't even try to lick the blood off of it. I wished Luke's hand that was stroking my hip would disappear and be replaced with a bit smaller one that was way more gentle.

"I'll just get your stuff," Zach then said and turned around without waiting for mine or Luke's reply. I knew he was going to take his time - he always did when he was caught in an uncomfortable situation.

And so he really let us wait in the hall of his house. I shortened the waiting time observing the photos of him and Tiffany on the walls, wondering where she was right now and if she was ever going to find out about this one night stand. These thoughts sunk me back into thinking how tired I actually was from having to deal with this drama highly pregnant.

"Will you hurry up?" Luke snapped loudly when Zach was taking over 5 minutes. He was getting impatient what was one of his worst habbits that I absolutely hated. His fingers were dug into my hip kind of possessively, just like if he wanted Zach to know I was no longer his.

"He-here you are," Zach ran down the stairs with obvious traces of tears on his face. My instinct was telling me to run towards him and never make his handsome face teary again, my body even twitched at this thought.

"Thanks," Luke hissed again and grabbed the bag, not even giving me a chance to take it on my own. Before I could even say good bye to Zach we were already out since he was pushing me out so quickly. He seemed to take no time for anything else but getting me home.

The last sight I had of my ex husband before Luke sped off was Zach, observing us with tears rolling down his face again.

If only I had known what was about to follow I would have never left the house.

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Hi guys!

First of all, I'd like to apologise for not updating that regularely. I have a lot of work at uni and soooo many interesting stuff are happening everywhere right now! The next update will probably be next week since I'm leaving for Berlin on Thursday and I am suuuuuuuper excited! (haven't been there in 5 years!)

Secondly, I hope you loved the chapted, lemme know what your favourite part was. Do you think Luke was seriously okay with Kiara oversleeping at Zach's? :) What will happen next?

I love you all :*