Choosing Between My Hot Stepbrother Or His Rival My Bestfriend - Chapter 61: Chapter 61

Charles Jangwook
It all happened the day after I visited you. I finished helping out grandma with work as usual. I decided to leave early cause I wanted to work on an assignment that was given so I didn't drive grandma home like I used to, I left the shop and was walking to where I parked my car when I saw Ethan leaning on my car.
FLASHBACK
I saw him leaning on my car, he was smoking heavily and the looks he was giving me was not nice at all, I looked by the side and I saw an Audi parked and I could already guess it belonged to him, it was already dark at this hour cause it's almost 11PM and few people were passing by this area at this moment.
I didn't want to go close to him, cause he looks so scary right now and I've been avoiding him ever since he called me on the phone asking about the information he asked me to get from Taylor but I cannot stand betraying the only friend I have and that's the reason why I have been avoiding his calls, but right now it looks like I cannot be able to avoid him no more, he has already seen me and worst is that he's leaning on my car, how do I get home when he's literally on my car.
I decided to be brave and when it gets to worse I'm simply going to tell him that Taylor didn't tell me anything. I mentally prepared myself and walked up to him, I got to him and stood before him but he didn't say anything to me, seconds passed and I was already getting worried cause all he did was puffing out smoke giving me that deadly look,
“Hey” I finally mumbled yet he said nothing,
“Ethan?” I called and noticed how he smirked as soon as I called his name but the next thing he did fucking surprised me, he suddenly grabbed me by the neck and slammed me on the car,
“Ouch….” I wiggled in pain trying to break free from his grip but instead he tightened them, at this point I could barely breathe, I began hitting his hand to stop
“How dare you mess with me?”
I couldn't take it anymore, my tears were threatening to drop, I could feel my eyes rolling to the back of my head, and finally he pushed me to the ground. For two minutes my sight was blur, I was coughing so hard trying to regain my vision, he brought out a white towel from his jacket, wiped his hand with it and threw it at me,
“I'm going to ask for the last time, if you don't want your old Granny's shop gone, you better start talking, what's the relationship between the motherfucker Kelly and our Taylor?”
At this point I know it's pointless trying to hide anything from him, looking in his eyes you could tell that someone like him will go to any length to get what he wants, people like him who talk less are always so dangerous, and he has already threatened me with Ajumeoni, there's nothing more I could do at this point.
I gently stood up and dust my body,
“It's a fake dating” I muttered in between tears
“What? Speak louder I can't hear you”
“It's fake dating, Taylor is only dating him to get rid of her feelings for Liam”
“So they weren't dating for real?”
“Hmmm” I nodded
“That's it, you could have said that all those while I was asking over the phone it wouldn't have gotten to this” He said with an evil smile, he took two steps and stopped right before me
“Don't worry your Granny's shop is safe, see you” He blew a smoke to my face and smirked before walking off. I stood and watched as he entered his car and then he drove off.
END OF FLASHBACK
“I knew I had wronged you the moment I gave out that information, but I'm sorry there's nothing I could do cause he even threatened me with Ajumeoni, that shop is her only source of income and I'm going to hate myself if I'm the reason she lose it”
“Now that I heard all these I think I'm the one that should apologize to you, it's my fault for putting you in that situation I'm really sorry” Taylor apologized
“No Taylor, you don't have to apologize, have you forgotten we are friends”
“Hmmm you're right, I never knew that Ethan has that side of him”
“Trust me when I tell you this, he hates me so much I could see it in his eyes Every time he looks at me, I don't know what I did to him but he nearly choked me to death, Taylor I might not be able to come over for a sleep over at your house anymore”
“Why? Cause you might run into Ethan?”
“Hmmm, maybe we will do a sleepover at my home from now on”
“Sure whatever you want” She smiled at me,
“Should I talk to Ethan about his attitude towards you?”
“No, no, he's going to hate me more if you do”
“Is it that bad?”
“Hmm, he really hate me, I guess he knows I'm gay”
“What? Do you think it might be the reason why he hates you?”
“Hmm, the day he touched me after choking me, he wiped his hands with a towel and threw it at me”
“That's bad of Ethan, what he did was bad but honestly I don't think he's someone to hate on anybody cause they are gay”
“You talk like you know him so much”
“Cause I know him a little and he has always seemed cool to me though he talk less and have cold energy but he still smiles at me sometimes”
“That's because it's you”
“Trust me he doesn't hate you cause you're gay, I promise”
“Whatever, I just hope I don't see him again”
“So let's talk about another thing, have you made any new friends recently?”