Which brother should I choose

After I left two Alonzos at the pool bar, I went to the seaside and spent the rest of my day at the beach. It was really refreshing to be away from both of them, even for a couple hours. When I returned to my room, I silently, almost on tip-toe, went into my room and locked the door behind myself. I took a quick shower to rinse off all residual sands from my body and collapsed on my bed with damp hair and the towel I wrapped around myself. I didn't even turn on the lights in my room. I was feeling exhausted. Not physically but mentally. I kept thinking about Matt all those hours when I was at the beach. Him and why he didn't want to be involved with me. I was feeling like a teenager, rejected by her crush. It was funny to feel these kinds of things when you were 23. These feelings were generally belonging to high school, or college in the worst scenario. But all those unlived, unexperienced feelings were catching up with me at this age.

I was heartbroken, and lonely. I felt pooling tears at the corners of my eyes. I closed my eyes and let the darkness of my room swallow me and my tears...

When a hammering sound from my cell phone started banging, I opened my eyes and found myself on the bed. I couldn't remember when I passed out after I cried for quite some time. I was still wrapped in the towel, it was half way dragged up revealing my naked thighs. My hair was dried by itself. I was sure it was in an odd shape. I stopped the alarm and I jumped out of the bed.

In an hour I was prepared and ready for the day, then my phone rang. It was my father.

"Hello daddy."

"Hello sweetheart. How is Hawaii going?"

"It is okay." I said.

"Okay? Well I knew it was hard to impress you but I was expecting better from Hawaii about stealing your heart." he said. I smiled at the phone silently.

"Is everything alright dear?" Of course I was not planning to say anything to my father so I put on my biggest smile on my face to reflect it to my voice. "Everything wonderful daddy, don't worry." I said.

"Well, I have good news too. I found a perfect loan for Rachel's college. With a good interest rate."

"Oh really? It's perfect daddy. How much should I pay?"

"It's 6000 dollars per month. But I am able to pay 1500-2000 dollars. It's enough if you could send 4000 dollars per month."

"Okay daddy. I will send it as soon as I get my payment. Now I have to go, I am about to start my shift."

"Of course honey, take care. And thank you for helping me in such a big way. I cannot pay back this favor in any way."

"It's nothing daddy. I am happy to be able to help. See you later."

"See you honey." and he hung up. I was being paid generously. So, I was able to pay this rate. But, it was a fair payment for my monstrous boss and enduring him.

I left my room, prepared the coffee, printed out the calendar and started waiting for him. I was wearing a camel pencil skirt and a cream shirt today. I combed my hair into an updo this time to make a difference. I did my make-up painstakingly. I knew why I was being so thorough about my look today but I wasn't ready to admit it to myself yet.

He came out from his room just in time as always. He was wearing a brown suit this time with a cream shirt in it. It was almost like we were wearing matching clothes. He took me in with a dark gaze at once. I shivered from the intensity of his gaze. He came to the lounge table, claimed the seat next to me and sat back. He was still looking at me intensely. He took the coffee from the table without breaking his stare and sipped it. I was waiting for him to spit it back but he didn't. He swallowed. I waited to see the hint of disgust or something. But nothing, his perfect face didn't falter.

Finally he spoke,

"I owe you an apology Ms.Wonderful." he said. I gawked in surprise. Did I hear it right?

"For misjudging about the drink you had last night. Matt informed me that it was a virgin drink." I started understanding the nature of the apology, but I didn't intend to make it easier for him. So I just kept my silence and waited for him to finish it.

"I am not the one to tell you what you can or cannot do. I was just a bit concerned about your safety and your well being."

I kept staring. I didn't start talking, still was waiting for him to go on. He cleared his throat, and continued.

"Well, you know when you collapsed there and I carried you to your room, I was very concerned that -"

"Wait a minute!" I raised my hand to stop him in the middle of his sentence. I knew interrupting Mr. Alonzo was not a wise move, but I was shocked.

"You have carried me to my room?"

"Yes, when you blank out, I had no choice but to carry you there."

"So you carried me?" I asked again, unbelievingly.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

"Yes," he said calmly. His eyes squinted a bit with a surprised amusement and curiosity.

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What the hell? If he carried me to my room, then is it possible? He? I touched my lips involuntarily. His eyes followed my fingers and a smirk spread to his mouth. A reveal of understanding. No, no, no, no! This could not be happening. Was he the one I kissed that night? Did I share my first kiss with him? God, no!

I gulped, he followed the bob of my throat. He was getting more cocky with every passing minute. Like he was enjoying when realization was taking over on me. He simply followed even my micro-expressions. I let myself take a minute to digest the idea. Then I dared to ask,

"Mr. Alonzo, did anyone else visit our suite that night?"

"No one can enter my suite without my permission Ms. Wonderful..." he said. And all hope left me in the moment. I wasted my first kiss to Mr. Anton and the worst part is I liked it.

"Except, Matt." he added, smirking. I left out a big breath in relief. Maybe Mr. Anton carried me to my room, and left me then Matt came in and we made out? I couldn't know that because my consciousness was coming and going. It makes sense right? It should have made sense. For my sanity.

However, Mr. Anton looked like he didn't like my relief. It annoyed him somehow. Oh, please god don't let him be my first kiss. This could not be happening to me.

He changed the topic to ask something about work and I was grateful for the distraction. We sat in silence and worked for three hours until lunch. At the lunch break we ordered to the suite and ate our orders in silence at the kitchen table. It was quite odd. I was sitting at the kitchen table, with the man I was most horrified with. He was eating a burger and I was eating a pizza in silence. Seeing him like that almost made me feel like he was a human too. Almost. Who can eat a burger without even smearing some ketchup on his lips or something. He ate even the burger in precision. He was doing everything in precision. That was terrifying and also admirable at the same time.

When he ate half of his burger and patted on the side of his mouth with the napkin like it was necessary, he paid a glance at me to my struggle with pizza. I was used to taking slices in my hand and eating pizza like that. But when your boss ate a burger with this delicacy, you wouldn't dare eat it like that and you would try to eat a fucking pizza with a knife and fork as I did.

The knife was not sharp enough and I started feeling numb on my right hand to struggle with the knife to cut the pizza. He watched me for like five seconds then huffed in annoyance. Damn, I was sure he was thinking I was a discard. "Who eats a pizza with fork and knife? Take that damn slice into your hand and eat it normally please."

I halted in nonplussed. Was he real? What did you do to Mr. Anton, you alien? He extended his perfectly manicured hand and tore off a slice. While he was bringing the slice near to his mouth he asked,

"Would you mind?"

I shake my head to wake myself up and said,

"Oh? No, please have some." he nodded and took a generous bite. His plump lips looked even more delicious than pizza. I watched him when he momentarily closed his eyes while tasting the pizza and he said with a full mouth,

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"Hmm, delicious." he just talked when his mouth was full. Wasn't it like the first rule in the book of snobby rich people that you shouldn't talk while your mouth is full?

It encouraged me and I took a slice into my hand and took a bite. It was delicious. And I was dumbstruck. Not from the pizza but the way Mr. Anton behaves.

We completed our meal and went right back to work. There was a lot to handle before the big agreement tomorrow, and also office works were coming through from the headquarters.

When Mr. Alonzo announced the end of the day and I relieved my tense shoulders before going back to my room, my phone dinged. It was a message from Matt.

'You owe me dinner don't you think?'

'Do I?'

'Definitely. You left me at the pool bar yesterday with my horrible brother. It costs more than a dinner normally but I will be easy on you.'

'How benevolent of you...'

'Yes, that's one of my virtues. So?'

'Okay, I will buy you dinner.'

'Yes!!! I will take you in twenty minutes. Get ready!'

'Okay'

I went into my room and changed into something sexy and elegant. It was a white linen dress, the bodice was holding my breasts and waist tightly, as emphasizing my thin waist. And the fabric was falling from my hips freely as showing me curly more than I was. I let down my hair in loose waves and wore a pink lipstick to complete the look. I looked at the mirror and I liked what I saw. Only thing that was bothering me were my glasses now. I changed them with my contact lenses.

And I heard a small knock on my door.

"I am coming!" I yelled enthusiastically. It had to be Matt. When I opened the door, the man behind the door held his breath for a moment. I even heard the hitch of his catching breath. I found Anton standing in front of me.