To Hate My Stepbrother

Ava’s POV

It’s been a week since San Francisco and for every day that passes, I got a call from Mason but brought myself to ignore every one of his calls.

“Mason!” Nicole called into the phone when he called her and my eyes widened, I wasn’t expecting him to call her.

“Uhm, sure.” She added before standing up to hand me the phone but I refused. I didn’t want to talk to him at least not yet, I still needed time to think.This is the property of Nô-velDrama.Org.

“You know what, why don’t you just call back and I’ll try and talk to her?” Nicole assured him and he must have agreed because he hung up and Nicole turned to look at me as if to ask if I was alright.

“What the hell is wrong with you?” She groaned as she pulled on her hair as if she was going crazy but I only sighed.

“You know, Maybe Aisha is right and we shouldn’t be in a romantic relationship in the first place because we’re supposed to be siblings.” I explained and Nicole just rolled her eyes.

“Well, Fuck Aisha or whatever the fuck her name is, what does she know?” She responded and I laughed.

“Also, before I forget, my boss wants an interview with you next week, Monday to be precise and you both can talk about a suitable position for you to work in.” She announced and I shrieked.

I’ve been here for a week with absolutely nothing to do and this news might just be the best news that I’ll have in a while.

Excited, I told Nicole to let us go shopping for a suitable suit for the interview and she couldn’t disagree because of how excited I was.

We both went shopping and after successfully draining ourselves in the shopping mall, we decided to have lunch at a nearby eatery.

“I’m starving! Why did I agree to go with you?” Nicole pouted dramatically as she placed her head on the table making me laugh.

The waiter came to our table and looked shocked upon seeing me, he wouldn’t take his eyes off me until it was time for us to place an order.

Taking our order, he stared at me one last time before leaving and soon he came back with just what we’d ordered.

“He is totally checking you out,” Nicole said, pointing out the obvious to me as I rolled my eyes “you can use him for a rebound and maybe forget about Mason.” She suggested and that made me choke on my food.

“Why would you even suggest something like that?” I asked, almost yelling at her. “The answer is No.” I added firmly and she only shrugged.

We finished eating and decided to pay for our food when the waiter stopped me to have a word with me.

“I really am sorry for, you know, stopping you but did you by chance attend Westwood College?” He asked and my eyes widened in shock.

Does he know me from school? I tried to remember him just by staring at him but I still couldn’t pinpoint where I knew him from.

“Yes, I did.” I answered slowly while still trying to make sense out of his face.

“I knew it,” he responded excitedly, “well, do you remember the guy you tutored?” He asked again and I raised an eyebrow.

“I tutored a lot of guys and I don’t really remember if you or anyone you might know were one of them.” I laughed and he nodded.

“It’s me, Xander,” he introduced and my mouth dropped open, “I came over to your house, met your family and kissed you?” He tried to make me remember but only ended up getting me even more pissed.

Remembering him and how he’d left me after just one kiss made my blood boil in anger and I could feel the hotness building up inside of me as I stared at him.

I never thought I would ever get to meet him again, let alone him being our waiter and reminding me of our stupid old time.

“Wow.” I muttered and his smile was so wide he probably thought I was going to ask for a hug. He was shocked when I hissed and walked out of the restaurant in anger.

Nicole was still inside the restaurant while I didn’t care about that but only went to wait for her beside the car. It wasn’t long before she also ran out of the restaurant and tried to catch her breath when she got to me.

“You didn’t have to run out like that, do you know how hard catching up with you was?” She asked but I didn’t say anything.

“You know what? Fuck them all, all of them. Fuck Mason, Fuck Xander and his stupid cute hair, Fuck my ex husband. They can all go to hell for all I care!” I cussed as soon as we got into the car.

Nicole only laughed at me as she drove, “it’s not funny. I’ve always had such bad luck with men but lucky you, you got married and have a child with your college days sweetheart.” I snapped breathlessly and Nicole sighed.

“Your ex husband was nothing but a dick, mason wasn’t that bad and Xander might actually have a reason for disappearing.” She tried to assure me but I was done trying to be understanding.

“Just please give Xander a chance to explain himself and the reason he left if he ever calls or tries to meet up with you.” She added and I raised an eyebrow.

“And how will he be able to do that?” I asked, oblivious to what Nicole was talking about.

“Well, you know, I might’ve given him your number.” She let out and my jaw dropped open.

That was a Nicole thing to do and no amount of yelling would change that. We finally got home and soon retired to bed.

Trying to sleep, I tossed and turned on my bed and couldn’t help but think of Xander.