My Brother's Best Friend

Chapter 24

I stared as Alex dipped his foot into his pants and zipped them up. His shoulders seemed tense and his breathing was unsteady.

He looked frantically around the floor for his shirt. My eyes wandered to the bed and I grabbed it, stretching my arm out to him.

Sighing, he walks over and takes it from my grasp.

"Alex, you don't have to go." I say.

"Nah, I think it's better if I do." He puts his shirt on inside out and sits on the bed. Putting his shoes on, he ties them quickly and gets back up.

"Alex, come on, we can watch a movie or order food. Just please, stay." I plead.

"Tell me why, Emma." He says, standing above me. I look away, bringing my head down. "Tell me why you said his name?"

"I didn't say anything!" I raise my voice.

The moment we shared I swore Jax's name was far beyond my thoughts. I can't even remember me ever calling out to him. Alex knew otherwise.

He heard me.

"Bullshit!" He yells. "You know, at first I thought I had imagined it but why the fuck would I imagine you saying that bastards name?"

I shake my head. "Gosh, I don't know. Please, Alex."

"I think...I think it's best if," He trails off.

"Don't say it." I stand up from the bed, wrapping my bath rope around my body. "You can't."

"You and I both know this hasn't been working for a while, and this," He points between us. "I can't, Emma. There's only so much I can take."

"Alex," I say. "I love you."

"Sometimes that's just not enough."

He grabs his jacket, taking his keys off my night stand and walks out the door. I follow behind him, calling his name in hopes he would change his mind.

I couldn't accept him breaking up with me. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen. We were meant to work through things and fight for what we had.

My eyes were stained with tears and I could feel my heart ache as Alex walked away from me.

I knew I had officially lost him.

Reaching the door, he swings it open and Alex comes face to face with Hunter and Jax. Jax's face completely falls and looks between Alex and I.

"What the fuck did you do?!" Jax grabs Alex from the collar and pushes him against the wall.

"Jax, stop!" I scream. "Get off of him!"

I grab Jax and try prying him off of Alex but it was no use. His weight and height compared to mine was a huge difference and I could barely push him off.

"Let go of him, he didn't do anything!" I cried out.

"What happened?" Hunter asks, coming towards me. He cups my cheeks, wiping away my tears.

"I'll kill him." Jax says, angrily.

"He didn't do anything." I wipe my nose, sniffing. "It was me, let him go."

Jax looks at me, confused and looks back at Alex. Alex stayed quiet, not daring to look at me.

"Just let him go." I say. Without a second thought I move away from Hunter and walk away not looking back.

I couldn't wrap my mind around anything. My heart was too heavy and my mind was consumed with thoughts of Alex and Jax. I was afraid to leave them alone not knowing if Alex would tell them what happened.