Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
“Which is why I’m sorry, alright!” Allen snapped back, “I was just jealous of him, of the two of you! With the way you two were so close, I thought he had stolen my place in your heart,” he confessed.
“How could you be so stupid? Neon never took your place, you’re always my brother for Christ’s sake,” Ailee felt like smacking him on the back of the head.
“I’m your brother, yet,?you spent more time with him,” Allen accused her.
“Because you were so mean to him, to the both of us and I thought to give you space. Moreover, I always tried to make sure you were with us anytime we hung out,” Ailee explained herself.
“Exactly, that’s the problem. There was no time for twin bonding! Just a moment for the two of us,” Allen said and Ailee saw the truth in his words. There was never a time for the twins to share a secret, just the both of them, because Neon – the outsider in Allen’s mind – was always there.
“I thought you didn’t need me anymore and Neon was more interesting than I was. I even thought you must be wishing Neon should have been your twin, instead of me. It had always been the both of us together before he came along and you forsake those times, Ailee. You forsook me,”
Ailee’s mouth hung open for over a minute until she could finally form words,” Oh. I’m so sorry, Allen. I didn’t realize how much my unintentional negligence affected you. I just thought it was wise to widen our circle, I didn’t mean to abandon you, “
“Yeah,” Allen nodded, “I know. You showed me that when you took that bullet for me and you won’t be doing it ever again,” He warned her.
“Moreover,” Allen went on, “I shouldn’t have been jealous of Neon when he had completely different feelings for you,”
At first, Ailee ignored her brother’s statement, however, when his words became clear to her, she went beet red in the face and glared at him, “You’re talking nonsense,” She said, while turning her face the other way.
“It’s quite obvious that Neon feels something for you,”?Allen went on, ignoring her glares and all, “You should have seen the look on his face when the bullet got you. He took that gun and shot the man who shot you and the others. He looked so murderous at that moment that for a while, I thought he would turn around and shoot me for always picking on him,”
“Good for you,” She mocked him.
“However, there was something about his look,”
“What?”
“It was the same look our father, Niles has in his eyes anytime mother got into trouble. The need to murder anyone that dares lays a hand on the love of his life,” Allen said holding her gaze.
Ailee awkwardly dragged her gaze away, however, she had completely gone red in the face.
“So it’s been confirmed Neon has feelings for you, then what about you? What’s the problem? Don’t you like him too?” Allen prodded her, she shot him an annoyed look.
“Oh, you do like him,” He nodded his head with amusement in his eyes.
“I don’t like him!” Ailee defended herself.
“Keep on lying to yourself, Ailee and you won’t be able to tell apart the truth anymore…” He leaned closer, “So tell me, do you like him or not?”
“I don’t know!” Ailee shouted at him, chest heaving, “I don’t know what I feel anymore. One day he’s a brother I depend the most on and the next day, he’s not! You can’t just expect me to switch feelings like that. Also, even if I do feel something for him, it’s all wrong!”
“All wrong?” Allen wrapped his arm across his chest with a raised brow, “How so? Tell me, I’m your brother,”
Ailee wanted to laugh in disbelief, to think that she was actually about to tell her worst secret to a twin brother she hasn’t been on good terms with until today.
“Everyone knows Neon as our brother, how do you think they would feel when they suddenly see the both of us being lovey-dovey with each other?” Ailee asked, expecting an answer to her question.
But Allen laughed as if what she said was a joke, “I don’t know what you’re thinking, Ailee, but ninety-nine percent of students at our school know Neon’s surname isn’t Sparks. The only reason why it seems as if the world sees Neon as our sibling is only because we took him under our roof so he doesn’t get bullied. What person in his right mind would touch a person under our family’s cover? “
Ailee was dumbfounded. So she had been thinking much of what she shouldn’t have been thinking in the first place?
“But then mom!” Ailee was adamant that this was a bad idea, “Remember Neon is Jennifer’s son, mother would never allow the both of us together. Just imagine the both of them being in-laws,”
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The third point of view :
“That would be so wonderful,” Allen joked only to receive an intense glare from his sister. This wasn’t funny at all.
“Well,” Allen went on and thankfully, he was a lot more serious this time, “It would be hard on mother and also not hard at the same time,”
“What do you mean?” Ailee was confused by his statement.
“Our mother took in Neon while Jennifer was on trial in the past. Jennifer tried to hurt her and yet she still accepted Neon as her own because Neon is not Jennifer. Mother loves him whether she likes it or not. The only thing we can do is pray that the love is sufficient enough for her to accept the both of you. Moreover, Jennifer did save our lives, that’s enough for some brownie points, don’t you think so?”Allen had a teasing smile on his face as he said that.
“Thanks for your useful advice,” Ailee said with heavy sarcasm.
“No, let’s be real here, Ailee,” Allen faced her with a stern expression, “If you really want Neon, then you should go after him. Look at me…” He gestured to himself, “I’m the black sheep of the family, be like me and be free! Just dump the good girl side – “
“Embrace evil and be free?” Ailee completed with a straight face.
“That too,” He grinned at her.
Ailee rolled her eyes. What was she thinking expecting advice from someone like her brother? He was the worst role model mankind has ever seen.
Allen shrugged, “I’m just saying that you should stop meeting up to everyone’s expectations and think of your happiness. Be selfish for once even if it would break our parent’s heart,”
“You know what?” Ailee threw her hands up in the air, “I don’t even?like Neon!”
Allen was just about to oppose that claim when she beat him to it, “Even if I have such feelings for him, Neon is gone! Nothing is going to happen between us and fate has designed it that way, period!”
“Fine, think whatever you want” Allen gave up on her. He has done his best, the rest depended on her.
“I’ll just have to call and inform our parents that you’re back in the living,”
Ailee should have prevented her brother from making that call because she was not prepared for the overwhelming loving kindness she received later.
Almost the whole family had come to visit her. Isabella and Pedro; Anabelle and Julie; Cecil and Emerald and Dash; Eden and Camille; Even Sakuzi came. And then, the last but not the least. Her parents.