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Chapter 5

Audrey

I happen to be seated across from Brandon since Ethan wanted to sit next to me. It warms my heart how much the little guy enjoys my presence. I may not have been close to my sister, but I love my nephew. “So, I was thinking I can give you a tour of the rest of the house after we finish. Did you need anything from the mall? If you do, tomorrow we can all go together and then have lunch. Maybe afterwards we can take Ethan to walk along the lake. Also, George will be your own security escort. He will escort you and Ethan on all outings.” “Okay. That sounds great.” He gives me a small smile. Hilda clears the table as we get up and descend into the foyer. We walk room by room. I take in his broad shoulders and muscular back as he walks ahead of me. I try to be subtle as I breathe in his intoxicating, masculine scent in his wake. After finishing the tour, he starts preparing Ethan for bed. I sift through my clothes for what to wear tomorrow as I listen out. I walk over to Ethan’s room as he’s getting tucked in to bed to wish him ‘good night’. I finish changing into my nightgown just as I hear a knock at my door. When I open it, Brandon quickly glances at my chest and then back to my face. “I want to thank you again for being here. I know it means a lot to him. To us both. Anyways, what do you say we get an early start and head out around 9:30.” “Yeah that sounds great. And Brandon, I know I may not have come around much when Taylor was here. But I’ll always be there for Ethan”. His eyes flicker with an emotion I can’t place. “I appreciate it. Good night Audrey. Feel free to knock on my door if you need anything.” His scent lingers as he leaves. After finishing up my nightly routine, I take a look out the window. The view overlooks the pool. It’s got a jagged stone edge and a grotto with a slide across the top and jacuzzi obscured inside. For a moment, I picture sitting inside with Brandon and wonder what his lips would feel like against mine. Dear God, where are these thoughts coming from? I guess my crush never really went away. Not to mention I haven’t had s*x in months. Not to mention Alex was too smug for his own good. He was too confident for his own good when it came to his s****l prowess. He could hardly ever bring me to climax. He loved oral s*x, just not giving it. My mind drifts to Brandon. I imagine he’s a great lover. I check my phone and see I have a missed call and voicemail from an unknown number. I don’t bother listening to it. I already know its Alex. My neighbor sent me a text saying she saw him lingering around the building. I’d made sure to place him on the ban list, barring him entry. What is his deal? I imagine his parents are disappointed that he screwed it up. They had been been bringing up the marriage subject a lot more lately. His family was ecstatic when we started dating, but that’s to be expected. They were overly sweet. The Litz family were probably salivating at the idea of Alex and I possibly marrying, unaware that my parents would have never allowed it. I would have to be madly in love with Alexander and trust him with my life before ever going up against my parents for him. And thank God I never did. I did love Alex once, but not enough to have gone against my parents wishes. And once I caught him with another woman, all I felt was betrayal. I started seeing signs a few months back but who knows how long it’d been happening. He claims it was just that blow job that one time but I don’t believe it. I had tried different forms of birth control but I didn’t like the side effects from them. He always complained about having to use condoms but morosely obliged. Now that we’ve broken up, I realize that I wasn’t happy. And I know with my fate, finding love with my match is questionable and highly unlikely. But I hope we can at least make each other happy.