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couch, directing all my attention on John. "Sit down, John."
"I mean my own brother," John was muttering, pacing back and forth before me. "What the hell were you thinking, Kai?"
I lifted my chin up, eyes coolly following his restless movements. "Don't get moralized on me now, John. You have no right to judge me, this judgment coming from a man who just asked me to help him cheat on his wife."
John had the decency to blush at the truthfulness of my words but glared at me. "Yeah, but my own kid brother, Kai? Come on, why Cedric?"
"I-"
"It's disturbing," John went on, facing me with his hands on his hips. "You've known him since he was just a little brat. Hell, he's still a brat! He could be your own brother."
"But he's not."
"That's beside the point," John growled. "Cedric is 17, still in high school for god's sake. What could a kid like that give a grown man like you?"
I looked away from John's accusing glare. "He makes me happy."
Silence stretched between us for several seconds before John broke the silence. "How long?"
I looked at him. "What?"
"How long have you and my brother been," he couldn't seem to say it. "How long have you two been in this sort of relationship?"
"Since you're wedding."
John's mouth went slack. "My wedding...but..." his eyes widened. "Your clothes, I remember you coming out the woods with your clothes messed up but I-at my own wedding reception, Kai?"
I flinched. "I hadn't meant for it to happen. It just had."
"Was it you who approached him first, Kai?" John asked. "Why-" He stopped talking, staring at me in a thoughtful manner. I knew what he was thinking and when he laughed, it was a mocking laughter.
"Wow," he said between chuckles, "really, Kai? You couldn't have me so you went after my brother?" John tilted his head and looked at me. "We do look alike right?"
"It's not like that," I whispered. Even to my own ears I didn’t sound too convincing.
"Oh really?" John laughed again, not believing me. "Because that's really the only reason why you'd even give him a second glance. We look alike so you figured, 'well if I can't have the older brother I'll seduce the younger one.'"
"That's not how it happened."
"It doesn't matter how it happened," John snapped. "But I have the feelings that I'm not too far from the truth, now am I, Kai?"
When I didn't reply, John closed the distance between us and knelt down before me. "Admit it," John insisted, "admit that you're still in love with me and just using Cedric for my replacement. Admit it, Kai."
I closed my eyes, wanting to block out the image of John's face for the first time in my life. But when I opened my eyes, he was still there, looking up at me with determined blue eyes that demanded me to admit something that was no longer true.
"Cedric was your replacement," I admitted.
"Hah!" John pushed himself up and hovered above me with a wide knowing grin. "I knew it!"
"But it's not like that now," I continued. "I...Cedric's more important to me now."
"Yeah," John sneered, "I bet." He knelt down again and took my hands into his. "But Kai, why have a replacement when you can have the real thing?"
I stared at him, completely amazed that he was still suggesting such a thing. "John, I'm not going back in a relationship with you. It would be wrong."
"You having an affair with my little brother is wrong."
I winced. "I know."
John squeezed my hands. "Kai, let's get back together. Let's start over. I'll divorce Julia eventually."
Eventually? Now it was my turn to laugh at his face, that same mocking laughter he had given me. I snatched my hands back and stood. "It's too late for us, John."
John stood, looking down at me. "It's never too late."
I shook my head sadly, tired now. "No, John. For us, it's too late."
"So what," he said, eyes narrowing, "you're going to keep using Cedric?"
"I'm not using him." I don't think I've been using him actually. Whenever Cedric was around, not once since our first time having sex together at John's
"I mean my own brother," John was muttering, pacing back and forth before me. "What the hell were you thinking, Kai?"
I lifted my chin up, eyes coolly following his restless movements. "Don't get moralized on me now, John. You have no right to judge me, this judgment coming from a man who just asked me to help him cheat on his wife."
John had the decency to blush at the truthfulness of my words but glared at me. "Yeah, but my own kid brother, Kai? Come on, why Cedric?"
"I-"
"It's disturbing," John went on, facing me with his hands on his hips. "You've known him since he was just a little brat. Hell, he's still a brat! He could be your own brother."
"But he's not."
"That's beside the point," John growled. "Cedric is 17, still in high school for god's sake. What could a kid like that give a grown man like you?"
I looked away from John's accusing glare. "He makes me happy."
Silence stretched between us for several seconds before John broke the silence. "How long?"
I looked at him. "What?"
"How long have you and my brother been," he couldn't seem to say it. "How long have you two been in this sort of relationship?"
"Since you're wedding."
John's mouth went slack. "My wedding...but..." his eyes widened. "Your clothes, I remember you coming out the woods with your clothes messed up but I-at my own wedding reception, Kai?"
I flinched. "I hadn't meant for it to happen. It just had."
"Was it you who approached him first, Kai?" John asked. "Why-" He stopped talking, staring at me in a thoughtful manner. I knew what he was thinking and when he laughed, it was a mocking laughter.
"Wow," he said between chuckles, "really, Kai? You couldn't have me so you went after my brother?" John tilted his head and looked at me. "We do look alike right?"
"It's not like that," I whispered. Even to my own ears I didn’t sound too convincing.
"Oh really?" John laughed again, not believing me. "Because that's really the only reason why you'd even give him a second glance. We look alike so you figured, 'well if I can't have the older brother I'll seduce the younger one.'"
"That's not how it happened."
"It doesn't matter how it happened," John snapped. "But I have the feelings that I'm not too far from the truth, now am I, Kai?"
When I didn't reply, John closed the distance between us and knelt down before me. "Admit it," John insisted, "admit that you're still in love with me and just using Cedric for my replacement. Admit it, Kai."
I closed my eyes, wanting to block out the image of John's face for the first time in my life. But when I opened my eyes, he was still there, looking up at me with determined blue eyes that demanded me to admit something that was no longer true.
"Cedric was your replacement," I admitted.
"Hah!" John pushed himself up and hovered above me with a wide knowing grin. "I knew it!"
"But it's not like that now," I continued. "I...Cedric's more important to me now."
"Yeah," John sneered, "I bet." He knelt down again and took my hands into his. "But Kai, why have a replacement when you can have the real thing?"
I stared at him, completely amazed that he was still suggesting such a thing. "John, I'm not going back in a relationship with you. It would be wrong."
"You having an affair with my little brother is wrong."
I winced. "I know."
John squeezed my hands. "Kai, let's get back together. Let's start over. I'll divorce Julia eventually."
Eventually? Now it was my turn to laugh at his face, that same mocking laughter he had given me. I snatched my hands back and stood. "It's too late for us, John."
John stood, looking down at me. "It's never too late."
I shook my head sadly, tired now. "No, John. For us, it's too late."
"So what," he said, eyes narrowing, "you're going to keep using Cedric?"
"I'm not using him." I don't think I've been using him actually. Whenever Cedric was around, not once since our first time having sex together at John's
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