Off Limits, Brother's Best Friend Chapter 203

Chapter 203: He Is Not Like Our Father 

Brianna

Angelo had just stepped off the elevator so his head was snapping around to see everyone and what was going on. Bryce could see me shaking and motioned to step in.

“Come on, Brianna. Go inside the house.” He was going to guide me but Callan wouldn't move out of my way. He just stared at me and I have no idea why, maybe he is trying to light me on fire with his eyes.

“Callan, for the fuck sake.” My brother was frustrated with all of us.

“Callan?” I heard Angelo called for his cousin, nothing breaks Callan free of his target like a bull fixated on red.

He flexed his hands a few times at his sides and swallowed down whatever was boiling over inside of him. He turned his head away and took a breath. In a strained voice, he finally spoke a few words.

“He is not the guy for you, Brianna.” He said and I let the words settle over all of us. What a hypocrite he is. I was so done with this.

“Oh, really? I would like to know who you think it is.” I huffed a humorless chuckle. Bryce stepped between us for good and started walking me down the hall with both hands on either shoulder to be sure he was my told shield. I heard Callan's fist hitting something and Angelo started trying to talk to the man but we had already reached the door and Bryce ushering me in. In the privacy of our home, I started blinking back tears.

“Please, don't yell at me, Bryce. I can't take any more of it.” I wiped at my eyes to try and get them to go away. He sighed but came and gave me a little hug.

“I know, it is not even you, it is him. I don't even understand my best sometimes, there is a darkness inside him sometimes that I don't want anyway near you.”

And I knew exactly what my brother was talking about. I have seen it with my own eyes and I sense it through his aura. It is why I have always called him a shade darker.

“Bryce, would he actually kill Roy?” I had to ask because at this point I don't know If Callan is even opposed to murder like he had originally first told me when I found out he is a mafia Don.

“Brianna, I honestly don't know, as much as I hate it, there is something about you that leaves Callan unhinged.” He told me outright.

It is the most he has ever acknowledged about it and it made me blush but in shame, not embarrassment. Maybe embarrassment too for disobeying my brother's only request.

“It is just a control thing, Bryce. You made me off limits to him and that made him fixate on me. He is more like a father than you think.” I told him.

Our father hated boys who tried pursuing me, he always called me inferior but would tell me those boys were lesser than me. He would tell me no boy would ever love me the way he does and that is why he knew I would never leave him. Not romantically but in the way of controlling his only daughter. His possession. If he made something off limits to my father, he would do just about anything to obtain it. He is a narcissist and he truly believes in his mind that he is like god and everything and anything belongs to him if he wants it. He thinks people owe him something just for existing in his presence. He uses fear tactics to control weaker women like my mother and me.

“Hs is not like father.” He muttered and went to put his hand on my shoulder when he saw me fall into my thoughts and I just shook my head.

“Callan doesn't care about me, he cares about proving that nothing is off limits to him. I am sorry j didn't listen to you but I did get tricked into liking him and it made me lie to you and break your trust. I know it disgust you or I do but I am sorry for doing the one thing you asked me not to.” I told him for the first time ever.

“Hey, Brianna. You don't disgust me. Don't fall into that damaging thought process, yes, it upset me that you lied to me and that my best friend lied to me. And it does bother me to think of you two being together but you don't disgust me, disappoint me and I am not going to shut you out or anything, alright?” He made me look at him and listen closely to his words, he knows how I think because he knows him. I just nodded and wiped another stray tear.

“Look, when it comes to Roy, I don't really understand why pursuing my friends appeals to you or them but..I don't know, Brianna. You can do better than some crook.” He told me. I crossed my arms over my chest even with the bag still in my hand.

“Roy has been really good to me, you would be surprised.” I defended him.

“Men do that to reel you in, Brianna. You know that.” He told me.

“He made me breakfast and bought a five thousand purse because I was crying and he wanted to help. He never pressured me to do anything with him even when we were both very drunk one night. He holds my hand and he always makes sure to tell me I am beautiful or that he is inferior to me. Yes, he said that and no one has ever said that to me.” I blurted everything out.

“Roy?” He looked surprised.

“Yes,” I watched him open and close his mouth.

“Seriously?” He asked again.

“He made me a french toast and he likes hanging out with me, he isn't using me like Callan did.” I slipped out.

Callan never wanted to hang out this way, I know he took me out before but we didn't hang out the way Roy offers to hang out with me. It is solely focused on sex but actually having meaningful conversation. Callan would never tell me about himself but Roy told me some vulnerable details about his parents and all that. I can't pretend my heart doesn't still clench when I think of Callan because it does. He still has a hold over me that I hate but he has said repeatedly and to more than one person that he hates me, that I don't matter to him and that he regrets our time together. So, I need to stop, I am trying so hard to stop caring and I don't understand how I can have feelings for him when all those things I said about him are true. He didn't want to hang out with me, he wanted my body, I know this and yet my heart is still attached. Even though Roy Vortex is still a troublemaker, he is different around me already. When my word settled between me and my brother, he seemed unsure what to say.

“Roy wouldn't be my number one choice for my baby sister but I won't lie and say you didn't just surprise the crap out of me when you told me how he has been with you. I have never seen him do that with girls and I have known him for like six years now.” He tipped his head in consideration and it made my gut flutter.

Is he truly different from me? Am I special? The needy little girl in me really wants to be, it is what I wanted from Callan. It is why whenever he got possessive or jealous, it made me feel good instead of bad because I told myself it is because he really wants me. I just want to be wanted, it is like the time Jane said she loved me and I cried because I had never been told that before. I see how many people care for her and I envy it.

I wanted someone to care, I know my brother cares but I want someone to romantically care. Is that too much to ask?