#THE_LAST_MINUTE_GROOM_S3
©Sir_Zach
EPISODE 4
Meanwhile, Jeslyn was lying on her husband’s thigh by the pool, sunbathing when a car drove into the compound. It was a new car, they’d never seen such a car in their garage before.
Maverick, who was reading a book, shifted his gaze to the car that was running towards them, then stopped a distance away.
He returned his gaze to his book. If the person was suspicious, he wouldn’t have been dealt with by the gate.
The doors of the car opened. The first to get down was a mesmerizing-looking Brian. The next person was Piper.
Both of them held each other’s hands as they walked towards the couple sitting by the pool… no, one lying and the other sitting.
“Big brother,” Piper called as she walked towards Maverick.
Jeslyn sat up. She was wearing a bikini while Maverick had on black shorts that stopped at his knee. His chest was toned and smooth but his legs and hands were a bit hairy. Fine, clean, and segzy!
Before Jeslyn could be fully sitting, Maverick pulled a blanket he folded beside him and covered Jeslyn’s body with it.
Jeslyn chuckled before securing the blanket on her body. Her husband is so jealous and protective that he sent all the guards back and servant men away to their quarters before he allowed her to come out wearing a bikini.
Even though they were alone, he still didn’t feel secure, so he brought along a cover in case.
Maverick heard Piper’s call but didn’t respond.
“Sister-in-law,” she smiled at Jeslyn with her lips sealed and head slightly bowed.
“Hey, Piper, come have a seat.” She gestured to one of the lounges that were sitting beside Valen’s. “Ah, not that, Valen will blow a fuse if he sees a human on it.”
Piper chuckled. “Right, he h@ťěs me too.” She said while taking another lounge chair.
“Don’t say that, he’s your nephew.” Jeslyn smiled.
“I understand.” Piper glanced at Maverick.
The fanatic, or longing look that was always in her eyes when she looked at his pictures before was nowhere to be found. The look in her eyes, as she looked at her brother right now, was that of a sister begging to be accepted.
Jeslyn sighed and glanced at her husband who was still reading. “Is it that interesting?”
“Mn,” he responded without lifting his head.
“Then it’s not,” Jeslyn pulled the book away from his hands, prompting him to look at her. “If it’s interesting like you claim, you wouldn’t have known whether I was talking to you or not… besides, I didn’t specify if I was referring to you. It could be Piper, or… hey, Brian!”
Jeslyn bolted up with a sweet smile on her lips as she made her way to Brian who was standing beside Piper.
Brian also smiled in response. “It’s been long since we last met. How have you been?”
“You can see for yourself. You look good in that,” she complimented his purple suit and black undershirt.
“It’s all thanks to Piper.”
While the two were talking like long-time friends, Maverick’s eyes were on Brian. Nothing could be seen on his face but his silence meant something.
“Brother,” Piper called him. “Can I talk to you?” This was not the question she wanted to ask but speaking with this brother of hers gives her serious anxiety.
After a long while, he still wouldn’t talk to her or even look at her. His eyes were on his wife who was having a good time conversing with Brian.
“She’s not interested in him. They have a good and innocent friendship.” Piper changed the topic. She felt the need to defend Brian and Jeslyn’s friendship because from the way Maverick had been staring at them, although he had no malicious look on his face, but with his notorious record, he might do something to Brian.
Maverick finally shifted his gaze to look at his sister before parting his lips, “she is not tasteless.”
Piper gasped. Tasteless?! How dare he call her man unworthy of Jeslyn?
Without thinking, Piper retorted, “Then you’re tasteless.”
Maverick’s right brow slowly lifted on its own in wait for her to say more.
“Brian and Jeslyn have a lot of things in common. Their fashion sense is the same, just that Brian is a man. When we were young, he used to urge me to dress the way Jeslyn is dressing… That was before they even knew each other.
“When he goes on an interview and he was asked to talk about female dresses, he describes what he considers to be the most gorgeous dresses and that’s exactly how Jeslyn dresses.
“His favorite food is what Jeslyn loves eating.
“He doesn’t have a favorite color but likes nudes and soft-toned colors. Also, don’t you see that they look similar in their mannerism? The difference is that Brian is quite strict and isn’t as playful as Jeslyn.
“Jeslyn is cute and innocent, but Brian is wild and unruly. Jeslyn is witty and cunning, but Brian is outspoken and violent.
“You see, they are the same people with opposite personalities. But guarantee you, if Brian was a lady, he would be exactly like Jeslyn, and vice versa.”
Maverick didn’t blink as he listened to his sister speak in front of him. For the first time, she didn’t act pretentiously or pitifully. She was even bold to raise her voice at him, something she had never done before. Interesting.
Meanwhile, she didn’t lie. The reason he was staring at them both for so long was that he spotted their similar behavior as they talked. Their eyes were the same and the happiness in them as they laughed was genuine. To him, it felt like they were… siblings? No, that’s too far–fetched.
“You’re bold now, huh?” Maverick asked nonchalantly.
“I– ” Piper shrank her neck. She had forgotten who she had been talking to. She only wanted to defend her boyfriend.
“Sorry,” she apologized with her head lowered.
“What for?” Maverick raised his book and continued to read.
“For crossing the line,” she bit her lower lip.
“Was there a line?” He slowly flipped a page.
“I–” Piper didn’t know what else to say, so she kept quiet.
“Why are you here?” Maverick asked calmly.
“To beg you, big brother.”
Maverick raised a brow. “Oh?”
Piper got up and went on her knees, catching Jeslyn and Brian’s attention.
Maverick slowly closed his book and glanced at Piper before shifting his face to Jeslyn who was glaring at him.
“Big brother, I accept all my life, I have craved to be loved by the elders in my life but my dad and mom weren’t emotionally available. When I found out that you and Rex were my older brothers, I was excited and thought that I could get the love of my older brothers but I was wrong.
“Out of desperation, my love for you became an obsession. I h@ťěd every woman who you showed little attention.
“A few years ago, I ki||ed a co– star because she kept bullying me. She bragged to my face that she shared a hug with Rex. Another time, she said that you saved her from falling into a pool at a party. She also sent ahead and mocked me with it at a high-end party, announcing that she gained things I would never get in my life.
“Big brother, I was angered but I kept it in. However, she used Rex’s influence to steal my role. I didn’t do anything to her until she asked the director to make me her maid in the movie.” She looked up pitifully at her older brother as her eyes sparkled with tears.
“Big brother, I was supposed to be the female lead, but that girl insulted me, she stepped on my pride several times, both in public and private. I swallowed and didn’t do anything until I heard her telling her Assistant that she wants to become your woman, but before then, she’ll ki|| Valen. I couldn’t let her live anymore, so I ki||ed her.”
Her eyes met Maverick’s cold eyes for a few seconds before she lowered her head and continued.
“I thought you’d be angry at me, so I framed her Assistant for her death. The Assistant wasn’t a good person either, she was in on the plan.”
Maverick continued to look at her without uttering a word.
“When Jeslyn just came to the Country, I also wanted to ki|| her. I sent people to bomb the plane she took but my people were a minute too late…”
Jeslyn and Brian frowned deeply but didn’t interfere.
Piper turned to face Jeslyn and kowtowed three times. “I’m very sorry, Jeslyn. I was wrong to have hatched the plan to ki|| you. I was jealous that you were able to gain my brother’s attention. I was also scared that you would mock me with it.
“Please forgive me. I’m a changed person now,” she pleaded with Jeslyn.
Jeslyn sighed. “I forgive you because you owned up to your wrong and also ki||ed the woman who wanted my son out of the way.”
“Thank you so much,” she turned back to Maverick.
“Big brother, I have confessed all of my wrong deeds, please forgive me.”
“Have you?” Maverick finally spoke after a long time.
“Ye–” she paused when she remembered her greatest sin. Her eyes widened and shot a look at Maverick. “Y– you knew?!”
Maverick ignored her and shifted his gaze to the book in his hand. He opened the book and started reading again.
Piper looked around her and shut her eyes. This is the most embarrassing thing that she had ever done in her life, still, she’ll confess it in the presence of her boyfriend and sister-in-law.
Piper balled her hands into tight fists as she bit her lips. It would be disastrous if she told them she used to fantasize about her older brother. How could she tell them she used to love her brother in the wrong way?
“I– I was wrong, I’m sorry. I’m too ashamed to say it out loud.” Teardrops slowly fell from her eyes as she knelt there with her head lowered.
Maverick placed his book down and got up. He stood in front of her and stretched out one hand to Piper with the second hand in his shorts pocket.
Piper’s eyes widened when she saw the hand in front of her. She immediately grabbed it and he helped pull her to stand on her feet.
Standing face to face with her brother, words failed Piper and she broke into hot tears. Her dream is finally here! Her oldest brother finally accepted her! Oh God!
As her shoulders shook from her silent tears, Maverick could feel the hot gaze on him. His wife was getting angry.
He snaked his hand behind Piper’s head and gently pushed the back of her head to rest her forehead on his chest.
Emotions overwhelmed Piper and she completely broke down as she hugged Maverick’s bare chest with her hands on his waist.
Piper who had fantasized about her brother for years and had lots of weird imaginations of how segzy he looked and all didn’t have any abominable feelings as was in her brother’s arms.
It seemed that she was never in love with her brother in the first place.
Piper never thought she could be forgiven. She knew she was wrong, she knew she wasn’t supposed to think of her brother the way she did. Her actions cannot be justified for wh@ťěver reason. But she was glad that she could be redeemed.
Now, she has realized that the feeling of having Maverick as her brother like it should, was far better than her sinful thoughts over the years.
A smile settled on Jeslyn’s lips as she watched the brother and sister bonding. It was an interesting sight. Her mind jolted to her twin brother.
Would he be like Maverick? Would they bond? Would he even care about me? Will I become another Piper who would beg for years to be united with him?
Jeslyn sighed as those thoughts ran through her mind. ‘Twin brother, hope you’re fine?’
“Is their unity so heart-touching?”
Jeslyn turned to stare at Brian who was smiling as he gazed at her with love and care in his hazel eyes.
“You were talking to me?” Jeslyn asked.
“Of course, you are crying and I was wondering if the scene of their bonding is so emotional.” He said while pulling out a white handkerchief from his chest pocket. He didn’t hand it to her but stretched his hand to wipe the tears from her cheeks as they both smiled.
That scene didn’t escape Maverick’s hawk eyes, nor did it pass Pink who was staring at them from a distance. She couldn’t see Brian properly but was quite surprised to see another man seducing Piper in front of Maverick without him doing anything.
‘What is going on?’ She thought.
After wiping her tears, Brian was about to drop his hand when his phone rang. He pulled it out and it was his Manager calling. He answered the call and after a few seconds, his aura changed and his face downcasted.
“I understand,” he replied before putting his phone away. He forced a smile at Jeslyn before brushing her hair out of her face.
“I’m leaving, I brought Piper here so I could wish you a farewell.”
Jeslyn’s heart dropped and she quickly grabbed his hand in panic. “Wh– where are you going?”
Brian chuckled at the panic on Jeslyn’s face. “I’m only returning home for some time, I’m not dying.” He laughed and ruffled her hair.
“Oh, that’s a relief. When are you coming back?” she asked.
“That, I’m not sure.” his gaze shifted to Piper, only to see that Maverick and Piper had been staring at him and the oblivion Jeslyn.
He ignored them and focused on Jeslyn. He didn’t know why he loved Jeslyn so much, yet it wasn’t a romantic kind of love. From the first day he saw her on the TV in an audition, that was when he started liking her.
From the onset, he knew his feelings for Jeslyn weren’t like what he felt for Piper, so he just concluded that he has a soft spot for Jeslyn because she was similar to him in many ways. Also, if he had a sister, he would have wanted her to be like Jeslyn.
Brian shared a farewell hug with Jeslyn and Piper before leaving in his car.
He was supposed to have been on his private jet by now, but because he remembered that he hadn’t wished Jeslyn farewell, he had to shift the time of his flight after his exercise with Piper at the hospital.
As Brian was walking back to his car, Pink saw his full view and a small smile swept past her lips. Her heart, which was filled with curiosity a while ago, suddenly found tranquility. The feeling she had for the celebrity she never cared to give a second glance before, suddenly felt like what she felt for Jeslyn.
It was strange, but she loved it.
Pink prayed for the young man to look her way if just once so she could get a full view of his undoubtedly handsome face but he didn’t.
She watched with disappointment as the car sped out of the compound before she gathered herself. That was weird, she thought.
Without wasting any more time, she went into the house to use her computer. She wasn’t the type to have feelings for people but from what she observed and witnessed, that guy has to be investigated!