I lay on Ethan's bed, snacking on potato chips, while he sat on the couch across the room, eyes glued to his laptop.
"I'd really love to meet your big bro one day," I said, crunching loudly. "But he's never around whenever I come over."
"Maybe the universe doesn't want you two to meet," Ethan teased, grinning.
I threw a pillow at him.
"Hey! C'mon!" he laughed, catching it and setting it aside.
Getting off the bed, I walked over and gently took the laptop from his lap, placing it on the desk. Then I leaned in, kissed him softly on the lips, and whispered into his ear, "Your baby wants you."
He smiled, scooping me into his arms. Our lips moved in sync as he carried me to the bed, laying me down gently. Slowly, he undressed me, trailing soft kisses along my skin.
But just then, my phone rang.
Ethan picked it up from the nightstand, and his brow furrowed when he saw the caller ID. He hesitated, then answered.
"Hola mi amor, really can't wait to have you back in my arms," said a familiar voice—Jayson.
"Fuck," I muttered, my heart dropping. I sat up quickly, trying to dress.
Ethan ended the call and turned to me. His stare was cold—colder than I'd ever seen. For the first time, I was genuinely scared of him.
"Can you explain that call?" he asked, voice tight with suppressed fury.
"I... I... um..." I stammered.
His jaw clenched. He shut his eyes tightly. "Fuck. You actually did."
"Ethan, please—"
"I should've known," he snapped. "That lil slut character of yours never really left, did it?"
My throat tightened. "Don't you dare call me a slut," I said, tears brimming.
"If you're not a slut, then what are you?" he shot back, eyes burning.
"You know what? Just leave my house."
I froze.
"Ethan, please. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." I reached for him, but he shoved me away.
"You disgust me," he said, opening the door and pointing out.
And just like that, I was out of his room—and out of his life I guess.
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I lay on my bed-- staring blankly at the ceiling, tears flowing out of my already swollen eyes, when Lisa and Diva rushed into my room.
"We came immediately we got your text." Diva said sitting next to me.
"Oh my gosh! how long have you been crying?" Lisa asked.
"I fucked up big time," I said holding their hands while still crying.
Lisa stared at me for a while, and Diva handed her the face wipes.
"Wipe your tears first and pull yourself together."
"Ethan hates me now." I said and burst into tears.
Diva came up to me and hugged me tight, "Just let it all out." she said, stroking my back gently.
"Jason has ruined my relationship."
"Jason!" Lisa and Diva yelled in unison.
"Did you?..." Lisa asked and I nodded.
"Zen, why?!" Diva and Lisa asked-- feeling somewhat disappointed.
I looked down at my fingers and looked up at them with a teary eyes.
"I got carried away by his looks."
"Was it a one night stand?" Diva asked and I nodded.
"How good is he on bed?" Lisa asked grinning and I threw the pillow at her.
"Naughty girl."
"Jokes apart, let this not repeat itself again." Lisa cautioned.
"I promise it won't happen again."
"Now let's focus on getting Ethan back." Diva said and I flashed her a weak smile.
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Ethan stormed into Nathan's room, startling Nathan a bit. He placed his laptop on the nightstand and looked up at Ethan.
"Yo! what's up?"
"Your fucking brother drilled my bitch!" Ethan said trying to surpress his anger.
"Jason did what?" Nathan asked surprisingly.
"Yes you heard me right."
"Fuck!" Nathan exclaimed, "so he still hasn't changed."
"I'm so sorry about that." he apologized on his brother's behalf.
"Just so you know, i'mma cut off your brother's dick and feed it to him as his last supper." Ethan threatened and left.
Nathan picked up his phone and dialed Jason's number.
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Nathan stormed into Jason's hotel room raging in anger, he paced up and down the room waiting for Jason to come out of the bathroom.
"Yo! kiddo.. you sounded so aggressive over the phone." Jason said coming out of the bathroom.
"Why the fuck did you drill her?"
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Jason asked.
"Oh please don't pretend like you don't know what I'm saying." Nathan said staring daggers at his big bro.
"Despite knowing that she's dating my best friend you went ahead and fucked her!" Nathan said and kicked his leg against the wall.
"Yo! Nathan.. not like I raped her or something, besides I'm in love!" Jason said in one breath.
Nathan was shocked on hearing his brother's last word.
"You are what?"
"Yes Nathan, I'm in love with her." Jason said, sincererity written all over his face.
Nathan looked up at him and face slapped himself.
"You must be sick Jason." He said.
"No I'm not, can't you see it? For the first time in my life I'm giving love a chance." Jason said with a tip of sadness.
"But you picked the wrong girl, for Christ sake Zen belongs to Ethan and what they had was real and beautiful but you ruined it."
Nathan stared at Jason for a while and sighed, "I'm disappointed at you."
"Kiddo..." Jason called out but Nathan already shut the door behind him.
Jason sat on his bed-- running his hand through his hair, he stood up again pacing back and forth his room feeling so unsure on what to do next.
He picked up his phone and dialed Zen's number, it rang for some few minutes before someone picked it.
"Hey mi.." he said but got interrupted by Lisa.
"You've got all the nerves to have called, Jason haven't you done enough?" Lisa asked angrily.
"Look I can explain, just let me talk to her please."
"Save that explanation for your ancestors." Lisa said and hung the call.