Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother
Chapter 50

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I glance out the window as we arrive at the compound. It’s very active for this early in the morning. It’sbecause of the wedding I suppose. It’s taking place in the meeting hall. It wouldn’t have been bigenough for the engagement party, there were too many guests. But the wedding itself is limited to justthe people closest to Megan which pretty much means the Shifters in the compound and me. Aaronparks the car and opens my door. I take his arm and when we reach the front door I give him a quickhug.

“Thank you Aaron.” I whisper. He nods. I knock on the door and am stunned when Bellamy opens it.We are both frozen. He is staring at me, I’m not sure what he’s seeing but I sort of wish that I had driedmy hair before leaving home, or put on a little concealer at least. I’m staring at him too. He looksdifferent. There are dark shadows under his eyes that weren’t there before. He looks so exhausted hemust not be sleeping. He’s lost weight, making his cheekbones seem more prominent. His eyes aredull and his hair has grown a little, the fringe falling across his eyes. He’s wearing grey sweatpants anda black t–shirt which it looks like he slept in. Or maybe more like, wore for bed but didn’t actually sleep.The car starting behind me reminds me that I can’t just stand here all day. It doesn’t seem to have thesame effect on Bellamy however as he is still staring at me like he’s seeing a ghost or something. Idecide I need to do something to break the silence. I blurt out the first thing I think of.

“I’m going to tell Megan today. The truth, all of it. You wanted evidence so she wouldn’t have to choose,but we haven’t found it. So now she’s going to have to choose and I can’t let her do that without all theinformation.” Bellamy’s expression is sad, but he nods his consent and finally steps aside, allowing meentrance to their home. I head straight upstairs to see Megan. I knock on her bedroom door and sheswings it open and practically pounces on me in a hug.

“You’re early!” her tone is surprised, which is probably fair given my hatred of mornings and my recentlack of enthusiasm. I shrug. Looking around I’m surprised to replace that we aren’t alone. A Shifter lady

who looks to be in her early forties is sorting through a collection of bags she has placed on Megan’sbed. I falter a little bit. I don’t think my conversation with Megan is something to share with just anyone.Maybe I should wait until this woman leaves. She seems to be here for hair and makeup so I guess I’lltalk to Megan a bit later. I’ll make sure there’s time before the ceremony.

Three and a half hours later, I wave goodbye to the Shifter woman who did our hair and makeup.Megan did introduce her earlier, but I forgot her name and wasn’t game to ask it

again. I’m already wearing my dress. It’s a simple, floor length silk grow an dlack the of course sincethat is the colour that suits me best and I dont have to worry about matching any other bridesmaidssince I’m the only one. I do remember Megan mentioning a few weeks back that Tristan and Bellamyare both going to be wearing ble ties with their suits to make everything blend together well. At the timeI just notified aliong, but satt i can think is that she basically arranged everyone’s colours to suit me andI just apprentiate her so much at this moment. She calls out from the bathroom.

“Ry? Can you come here, I need a hand doing, the buttons on the back of this diseas.” I much into thebathroom and quickly see to the small buttons that group atlong her spine. There are dozens of thembut they look so good I can’t complain Ink up and I can see her full topic in

|| the mirror in front of us. She looks so perfect. Ton perfect. Il need to say something, tell her the truthbut I’m struggling. We’re finally alone, but she seems so happy. I don’t want to min it for her. I take adeep breath and try to figure out how to start. This is so much harder tha I thought it was going to be.Megan seems to notice something is wrong

“Ry? What is it? It is because of my brother again? He messaged earlier, he’s already headed down tothe hall.” She looks guilty. I shake my head!.

“No, for once this has nothing to dia with him, well mot tietty anyway. L… wanted to tell you something,but I’m worried about how you’re going to react.” Megan turns to face me

concern on her face.

“What is it?” she asks. I lead her back into her mom and have her sit on the bed, I sit beside her andclutch her hand. I’m not sure if it’s to comfort her, comfort me or maybe to keep her from running awayonce I start talking

“You shouldn’t get married today, but out. Okay, that was not how I was planning to do that. I meant toease her into it. head. I just threw her into the deep end. Megan freezes and stares at me in shock.Nothing to do mow but keep going

“Tristan isn’t your fate. He’s already met the person he’s fated to be with but it isuit you. The reasonyour brother bought me here was to try and get more information on him and to

confirm what he already suspected because he doesn’t trust Tristan. They re fated to be enemies. Iwas there the day Tristan proposed and because you’re meant to be my friend I wrote you a notetelling you that he isnt right for you and left it in your bag, but you didn’t replace it. Bellamy did. We wantedto get proof about Tristan, replace some kind of evidence that

he’s doing something wrong which is why neither of us said anything to you, but we haven’t

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again. I’m already wearing my dress. It’s a simple, floor length silk gown in dark blue of course sincethat is the color that suits me best and I don’t have to worry about matching any other bridesmaidssince I’m the only one. I do remember Megan mentioning a few weeks back that Tristan and Bellamy

are both going to be wearing blue ties with their suits to make everything blend together well. At thetime I just nodded along, but now all I can think is that she basically arranged everyone’s colours to suitme and I just appreciate her so much at this moment. She calls out from the bathroom.

“Ry? Can you come here, I need a hand doing the buttons on the back of this dress.” I rush into thebathroom and quickly see to the small buttons that go up along her spine. There are dozens of thembut they look so good I can’t complain. I look up and I can see her full look in the mirror in front of us.She looks so perfect. Too perfect. I need to say something, tell her the truth but I’m struggling. We’refinally alone, but she seems so happy. I don’t want to ruin it for her. I take a deep breath and try tofigure out how to start. This is so much harder than I thought it was going to be. Megan seems to noticesomething is wrong.

“Ry? What is it? It is because of my brother again? He messaged earlier, he’s already headed down tothe hall.” She looks guilty. I shake my head.

“No, for once this has nothing to do with him, well not directly anyway. I… I wanted to tell yousomething, but I’m worried about how you’re going to react.” Megan turns to face me, concern on herface.

“What is it?” she asks. I lead her back into her room and have her sit on the bed, I sit beside her andclutch her hand. I’m not sure if it’s to comfort her, comfort me or maybe to keep her from running awayonce I start talking.

“You shouldn’t get married today.” I blurt out. Okay, that was not how I was planning to do that. I meantto ease her into it. Instead, I just threw her into the deep end. Megan freezes. and stares at me inshock. Nothing to do now but keep going.

“Tristan isn’t your fate. He’s already met the person he’s fated to be with but it

sn’t you. The reason your brother bought me here was to try and get more information on him and toconfirm what he already suspected because he doesn’t trust Tristan. They’re fated to be enemies. Iwas there the day Tristan proposed and because you’re meant to be my friend I wrote you a notetelling you that he isn’t right for you and left it in your bag, but you didn’t replace it. Bellamy did. We wantedto get proof about Tristan, replace some kind of evidence that he’s doing something wrong which is whyneither of us said anything to you, but we haven’t

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been able to. So now there’s nothing else I can do but to ask you, beg you, to please trust me. He isn’tthe one for you. I’m so sorry I waited this long to say something. I should have told you from the startbut I was so caught up in my own emotions I just didn’t know what to do.” By the time I finish talking mybreath is heavy from not pausing to take a breath. I’m a little dizzy and I feel sick. I’m so nervous.Megan pulls her hand out of mine and stands up. She takes a few steps. Her back is to me and it’sdriving me crazy because I can’t see her reaction. I’m waiting for her to tell me I’m crazy, that she hatesme or never wants to see me again. Finally she speaks.

“Ryann, did you ever wonder why I haven’t asked you about my own thread or fate?” I shake

head then remember her back is to me.

my

“I always assumed it was because you were already sure of Tristan.” Megan whirls around to face me.Her face is flushed, even through her makeup. She looks almost like she’s going to cry and my heart isbreaking.

“That’s the same thing that I told myself. That I didn’t need to ask because I already knew. But, that’snot true. I never asked because I was scared you would say what you just said. That you would tell meI’ve messed up, wasted the last year and a half of my life on a man who isn’t right for me. He is just soperfect, we’ve never fought or yelled at each other. Everything. has always been so easy with him.”Megan sighs.

“No one has ever said anything negative about him, until this moment I couldn’t think of a single reasonwhy I might not be in love with him. I’ve been perfectly comfortable.” Megan collapses onto her bedbeside me, heedless of her dress.

“But watching you and Bellamy, I’ve been starting to think that’s a problem. Comfortable is good, greateven. But comfortable doesn’t challenge me, doesn’t encourage me to be better. I’ve been thinking thatnever fighting might not be a sign of compatibility but rather a signi that there is no passion, foranything, including each other.” I stare at her. Does that mean she’s not going to marry him? Shebelieves me? I didn’t really expect that she would. Maybe Harry is onto something with this talking topeople thing. It’s working better than I had hoped.