Page 12 of Falling for Her

We’ve been here for half an hour already, and I haven’t even received a text from him to see how everything is, which says a lot.

“Put him on speaker, I want a word,” Cody growls, and I sigh but do as he asks and press the green button then put it on speaker, but before I can say anything, I hear him groan as a voice I recognize, Wendy, Cody’s girlfriend gasps, “Oh yes I love your big cock….” and my mouth parts in shock as Cody looks at my phone so fast I’m surprised he hasn’t got whiplash.

“Fuck me, Esmerelda never lets me take her fucking ass… you're so tight….” He groans, and I narrow my eyes, my anger taking over because, hello, the guy is acting like we’ve slept together thousands of times when it was only once, and I didn’t even feel anything so her claiming he has a big cock is clearly to make him feel good about himself.

I snap, “That’s probably because we only slept together last week for the first time, and I couldn’t even feel you inside me because you’re that small jackass…”

“What the…” Wendy says with confusion before rustling can be heard, and she gasps, “Mark, you’ve accidentally called–”

I hang up and huff as I sit back in my seat, and my phone rings almost immediately, but I press the decline button and block the dick.

The ass is cheating on me, seriously? With my best friend’s girlfriend while my mother is in labor?

What a jackass!

“She never let me take her ass…” Cody mumbles from beside me, and I slowly look his way to see him glaring at the floor, pouting more about the ass thing than the fact his girlfriend has just cheated on him with the guy I’m dating. Men are so fricking weird.

Cody sighs and looks my way, and I raise a brow as we lock eyes and his widen realizing he didn’t just say that in his head and he quickly sits up and clears his throat then growls, “I mean, how dare she do this to me!”

I chew the inside of my cheek to stop myself from smiling as he tries to keep a stern face, but his face cracks within seconds. A smirk forms and my grin comes out, along with a little chuckle.

“I’m guessing you didn’t love her then, huh?” I confirm, and he snorts as he leans back and slouches.

He admits, “Nah. She was very pushy for me to buy her shit that I never did, so it wouldn’t surprise me if this isn’t the first time she’s done this.”

I snort then mutter, “Well if she’s after anything from Mark, she’s climbing up the wrong tree. The man made me pay every time we went out somewhere.”

Cody scowls, and I shrug and lean against him, putting my head on his shoulder before he puts his head on mine and honestly, I'm happy he’s here with me.

Despite the crap in high school, this man has become the best friend a girl can ask for.

“Maybe we should just date again,” he says a few minutes later, and I chuckle.

“You know now it would just be weird. We’re like family. Besides, there’s no romantic feelings between us, and you know it,” I remind him. He sighs but doesn’t reply, making me sit up and look at him with a furrowed brow. “Cody….” I try, but he cuts me off.

“I messed up,” he says, “Honestly, Ess, I fucking wish I hadn’t, and yeah, I get it there are no romantic feelings anymore, but I know there could be if we tried.”

I squeeze his arm and he looks in my direction, and I say, “I don’t want to lose my friend, you hurt me back then. You were my first boyfriend, and yes, I could have fallen in love with you, but honestly, I don’t think we were meant to be that way, and you know that is the truth,” I nudge him, “Family Cody, that is what we are.”

He half smiles, then sighs, “But who is going to suck my dick tonight now?”

I laugh and shove him, confirming, “Not me,” making him chuckle. I shake my head before I look at the clock. Sighing, I look towards the door and frown, asking, “Shouldn’t we have heard something by now?”

Cody looks towards the door and then back at me before grabbing my hand and squeezing it tightly. He reminds me, “She was only three centimeters dilated when she was brought in forty minutes ago. Try and stay positive until your dad comes in, okay?”

I swallow hard but nod and sit back before Cody’s phone rings. I smirk when he declines the call, presses a few buttons, and puts his phone away.

“Fucking bitch,” he mutters as he wraps his arm over my shoulders, making me chuckle, and I lay my head on his shoulder and close my eyes…

“Ess….” Cody whispers as he shakes me. I blink and try to get my bearings before I realize where I am and quickly sit up, looking around before my eyes go to the doorway. I notice a figure I know is my father, but it’s the bundle of joy in his arms that has me grinning wide – My baby brother.

“Aiden Jacobs,” I whisper and stand along with Cody before I lock eyes with my dad, taking mine off the bundle in his arms and everything in me freezes as my smile disappears, and I notice tears in his eyes, and dread fills me.

They’re not happy tears. Heartbreak and pain etch off him, he looks like a man who has just lost half of his soul.

No, no, no, no, no.

“No,” I choke, bringing my hand to my throat, clawing at him as breathing becomes difficult and pain fills me with realization and my dad’s tears fall. “No,” I repeat and take a step back bumping into Cody who wraps his arm around my waist tight as my legs give out, and I cry, “No…”

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