Twinsequences (Twisted Twin #1)(11)
Author: Jennifer Foor

What was I supposed to say when I had no idea what was going on?

I wanted to know the truth.

I wanted to know where my sister was and why she’d asked me to come.

How did he know me so well? Why did he do all of those tests?

Why did he say all of those things?

Why did he say he loved me?

“I think you need to tell me everything.”

He looked back at me and I could see the pain in his eyes. “Why? It won’t change anything. I’m married to your sister remember? I’m a f**king horrible person!”

“I never said that!” I reached for him, but he pulled away.

“You didn’t have to say it, Will. I can see it in your eyes.”

I threw my hands up. “I don’t get you. You played me for the last twenty four hours. You knew it was me, but let me think I was…”

“You were Ivy. Yeah, I did that. It was only so I could spend time with you. I knew you wouldn’t stay if I told you. I knew you wouldn’t be here with me right now. You’re too good of a person, too good of a sister to be with me. I get it, okay!”

He stood up and started walking away from me, leaving me standing in the same place without any explanation of what was really going on.

I put my hands on my hips. “You don’t get to do this! You don’t get to be mad at me, Stoshua. I came all this way to help my sister, not be caught up in some game that the two of you are playing.” I was getting angrier by the second.

“This isn’t a game! Not anymore!”

Chapter 6

Dirty Little Secrets and Liars Unite.

He wasn’t going to let me walk this time. I knew it because he grabbed me by the arm and made me look at him. I was so hurt and confused. There couldn’t be a reason that I would be able to forgive him. He’d purposely betrayed my sister and so had I. I felt wretched inside.

“Will, I swear that I’ve thought about you, every minute of every day. I know you don’t believe that, but it’s the truth.”

I shook my head. “This isn’t happening. You picked her, Stosh! You picked my sister. I was right there, waiting for you to want me. Your decision crushed me. I left because of it. I left because of you!”

I knew my words were hurtful, but it was the honest truth. I didn’t get how he was going to stand there professing his love for me when I’d watched him choose my sister. His put his hands up. “This is so f**ked up!”

“Yeah, it is.” I wiped my tears away. “Please, just take me home.”

He scrunched up his face and nodded. “If that’s what you want.”

I refused to look his way. “It is!”

A couple minutes later, I heard the anchor being pulled up. He was cussing under his breath as he walked over and started the engine.

My body was profusely shaking and I had no idea what had just taken place. I wasn’t sure whether to drink more wine, or crawl in a ball and cry. I was a wreck.

It was so dark out on the water and after about thirty minutes, we got to an area where there were no other boats. I was randomly watching out the small window.

I saw him coming underneath, even before he spoke. “Will, I can’t do this. I can’t take you back without you hearing me out.”

He sat down across from me and put his hands on his knees.

“What could you possibly say to make any of this better. I almost slept with you. Do you have any idea how bad that could have been?”

He let out an air filled laugh and scratched his head. “Actually, I think it would have been epic.”

“Shut up! My God, I can’t believe that I’ve been in love with such a douche for all these years.” My eyes went right to him, as we both realized what I had said.

“So you admit it?”

I threw my hands up. “It isn’t like it was a big secret.”

“Bullshit! That’s where this whole thing began. If you would have been honest about it, we wouldn’t be sitting here arguing.”

I was getting angrier by the second. “Oh yeah? Where would we be?”

He shook his head. “I don’t know. I guess married, with a couple of kids. Or maybe we’d be graduating college together. You know I never wanted to be a part of my father’s business.”

“What did you say?”

“The part about the business?”

I shook my head again. “No, the other thing.”

“I said we’d be together. You’d be my wife, because that’s how it always should have been. It’s always been you, Willow.”

I don’t know whether the moment was just too intense, or his words melted my heart, but I threw myself at him. My arms flew around his neck and I just hugged him as tight as I could. I couldn’t control the tears that were falling down my face and I don’t think I even cared. When I felt Stosh’s arms wrapping around me, I knew he was telling me the truth.

He grabbed my face and held both hands on my cheeks. “I can’t imagine what you must be thinking, but I can assure you that I didn’t know. I didn’t know how you felt about me, not until recently.”

I pulled away. “What do you mean?”

He touched my lips with his fingertips. A single tear fell down on his cheek. “Please kiss me. Even if you hate me, right now. I just need to feel your lips on mine, one more time.”

I leaned in slowly and let my lips touch his. I held them there, letting the room fill with emotions. “Talk to me.”

He grabbed both of my hands and looked down at them. “I really did fall for you that first day we met. There was just something about you. I mean, you were the whole package. You were beautiful and brilliant. You knew what you wanted in life and I admired that nothing could stop you from getting it.”

I was blushing, hearing him put me on a pedestal. “I appreciate that you noticed me. Nobody ever noticed me.”

“Are you kidding, Will? Everyone noticed you. They were just too afraid to approach you because you were so out of their league.”

“Yeah right.” They thought I was a nerd.

“Okay. You weren’t the one who had to hear about it every time I went into the locker room. I think the whole football team wanted to nail you.” He rolled his eyes, like hearing it annoyed him.

“Yeah right. They made fun of me.”

“Who told you that?”

“Who do you think.” Ivy told me everything. We were best friends. We talked about everything.

“Yeah, well you can add that to the list of lies.” He started picking up and putting the leftovers away in the refrigerator.