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BWhat did you Dust sayYB she asks.

B3ouis8 is my brother,B I say, lowering my head.

BWhat8what do you8you mean, brotherYB she looks utterly out of body, trying to comprehend what I've Dust told her. BUou mean the Oj S131N L32M1

brother you always talked about, that passedY Hhat died in a car crashYB she asks.

I nod my head in response.

Isabel begins to pace around the room, running her hand through her hair in confusion.

B3isten, Isabel. I didn't know about all this until I saw that picture of him and didn't know how to react. Hhat was why I thought the only option was to end things with you,B I say.

Ehe turns to me and asks, BWhen did he dieYB

I didn't eRpect the conversation to take this turn.

BSmmm8 siR years ago,B I reply.

BHhat was the year I met him. In August,B she cries out.

Oh shit!

She is the one he talked about. So, she wasn't just a one-night stand.

BSe died in August,B I say quietly.

Bxh, my 6odXB she eRclaims. BEo, he wasn't lying.B Ehe begins to cry. BSe wasn't lying.B

I walk over to her and embrace her to calm her down.

BSe said he was going to come back,B she continues to cry on my chest.

BI know. I'm sorry,B I whisper, stroking her hair.

After a few minutes, her sobs stop, and there is silence. Ehe is calm. Ehe pulls away from my embrace and walks back to the table to grab her glass and ’ll it with wine. Ehe empties the entire content down her throat.

BIsabelXB I try to caution her, BleaseXB

1verything seems to be moving in slow motion and at hyper speed simultaneously. I can't help but think that 3ouis would be happily married to Isabel if he were alive. Would I have still fallen in love with my brother's wifeY

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Indeed not, but that-s not the situation we-ve found ourselves in. We are destined to be together; I know that much.

BIsabelY Are you going to say anythingYB I ask.

BSonestly, Nick, I don't know what to say. Hhis is all Dust too much and messed up, really messed up. For the longest time, I thought 3ouis played and used me, but I'm Dust ’nding out that he was a victim of sudden death. Also, the man I have now fallen in love with happens to be his brother. And the chances of you ending up here, working in the same building as me8this is fucked up, Nick. I think I need time to process this. 5ight now, I don't know what to think or say.B

BSmmm...” I let out a deep sigh. BI understand completely. For what it's worth, I still want to be with you, Isabel. I was foolish to cut you o? so abruptly, and for that, I am truly sorry,B I say as I walk over to plant a brief kiss on her forehead, bidding her goodbye before eRiting the house.

Chapter Sixteen Isabel

"So, you're telling me that last week Nick’s mere presence cured Octavia and that he is Octavia's uncle and might potentially be her stepfather? Wow! This is a real-life soap opera," Mina expresses.

"You see how I’m struggling to wrap my head around this. It's weird, right?" I ask.

I had qlled Mina in on the drama happening in my life as soon as she returned from Minnesota. To say she was shocked would be an understatement. The whole thing is unbelievable to process.

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