Married To A CEO. Omega
Chapter 116 - 2nd Side Story-06

Chapter 116: 2nd Side Story-06

JOE

My older brother’s voice jerks me awake from my slumber, which I could certify as the best one in my entire life. When my eyes fly open I discover just why. I am cocooned in Leon’s arm like a fucking cat. His arms are still holding me close to him firmly.

The confusion starts to take over my expression, and I blink, can’t really wrap my head around the incidents transpiring around me. I begin to bore a hole through the side of Leon’s exquisite face though he isn’t looking at me. His eyes are trained on something ahead of us. I follow the line of his gaze and my stomach drops.

My older brother, Ruth, is standing on the threshold of an unfamiliar room. His gaze is locked on us and his contoured expression tells me that he is not so happy to see what he is seeing right now. Ruth’s fist is curled and he looks like he is ready to throw it any moment now. But well, I am not really ready to take it.

I gulp and shuffle away from Leon. "Good morning, Big Brother." I try to smother a smile but well, it isn’t working at the stern-faced alpha standing on the door frame.

"What the fuck are you two doing, if you don’t mind me telling." Ruth cocks a brow at us, his lips are pressed tightly together in a frown.

My eyes ping pong between Leon and my brother. My pulse is skyrocketing as my guts tell me that shit is going to go downhill and I won’t like it at all.

"As you can see, sharing a bed," Leon answers with the same laid-back attitude as he sits up from the bed and flexes his muscles, making my breath for a whole different reason. I shake my head to clear it.

"And may I know why?" Ruth grits out his anger elevating at nonchalant attitude of Leon. Well, I can’t blame him for that.

"Because I wasn’t about to sacrifice the bed because of your brother." Leon walks to the bathroom door with a casual motion that makes the whole situation look normal which is absolutely not.

Ruth shoves him a disapproving look then marches toward me, "How many times do I have to warn you that you are absolutely not allowed to be around any Alpha, Joe?" He hisses as he grasps my biceps and pulls me onto my feet, veins bulging on his forehead as he struggles to control his anger.

"I-I am sorry." I manage to whisper, my heart is beating in an erratic rhythm as anxiety and panic consume me. No matter how much of a good person my older brother is, he is so fucking crazy when he is actually mad.

"Leave him, Harlock." Leon intercepts, "He has nothing to do with the whole situation. He was asleep." Leon says in my defense.

"Oh, so you are trying to say that you took advantage of my brother’s vulnerable state, Leon?" Ruth snaps, not bothering to hide his anger anymore. Well, he never actually did, to begin with, "How dare you?"

"Listen, Harlock, I did not fuck your brother nor did I cover him with my pheromones." Leons says pointedly, holding my brother’s glare with ease that makes me envy him, "And again if I wanted to take advantage then I could do it every time he comes over to my place like a little duck."

My heart lurches in my throat as it dries into a desert and my wide eyes swing between the two men. I have always known that I have to tell Ruth about my casual visits to Leon’s place. He would not be all that happy about it since Leon is an alpha, it doesn’t matter if he is Leo’s older brother. But... this is the worst time to let him know. Things are down for even more shit than I expected.

Ruth’s anger is replaced by something that can only be called by surprise for a brief moment then the anger slides back to its place, "What the fuck are you talking about?"

"Ask your brother." Leon’s icy cold eyes flicker over me, and a cold wave rolls down my spine for the wrong reason, my eyes are locked with his. "He knows better than me."

Ruth’s head darts in my direction, but I don’t take my eyes off Leon, trying hard to see the ’reasons’ and the ’apology’ in those cool dark eyes. But there are none. It is just as cold as ever. Or even colder. I can feel something inside me cracking, breaking, shattering, as if someone has my heart in his fist and now crushing it.

"Is what Leon saying is the truth?" Ruth asks, his eyes screaming just how enraged he is about all this.

I at least take my eyes off Leon’s and nod lowly, my head hanging low, "Yes..."

"We are going home." Ruth states without sparing another second, "Now."

I flinch and nod, tears welling my eyes. I can’t fathom why, but I feel betrayed. I feel as if someone just shreded my heart into a million pieces. It hurts so good...

Ruth grabs my wrist and drags me out of Leo’s manor, his grip so strong that it is almost bruising. I look over my shoulder, but when I see that Leon doesn’t even attempt to stop this, the small bit of hope dies and my heart is completely demolished.

***

I don’t even know why I snuck out of Ruth’s apartment into this heavy rain and why I am standing in front of Leon’s apartment door at this hour of the night. But I know that I just had to. To retrieve what I left with that black-eyed man in that room two weeks ago. I need to get it back...my heart...

I knock on the wooden door. Ring the bell. But there is no response. I call out his name but there is no movement as well. After waiting for half an hour, I went to the security of this building and I wish, I didn’t. I wish that I just thought that Leon didn’t want to see me, and this is why he didn’t open the door.

Leon has moved out of here. A week ago.