Which brother should I choose

I went to the pool bar and I saw him immediately. Matt... He was shining like a star among the whole crowd around the pool bar. He was sitting on a stool casually. Just wearing yellow swimming shorts. Like yesterday I thought. Forget it Alice! His upper body was naked. The sharp edges of his muscles and his tanned skin was making the girls passing him to turn around and look back again. And without failing he smiled at every one of them. 'Womanizer.' The word that Mr. Anton used for him came to my mind. And I dismissed it immediately. It was none of my business. I wasn't expecting anything from him. Was I?

In confusion, I went to his direction. As soon as he saw me, his face lit up with a big smile. Different from the other smiles that he threw for other girls. Or I was just fooling myself, I didn't know. Only thing I knew was that I wanted to be there with him at that moment. I went to the stool next to him and sat.

"Hey you!" he said as he was eyeing me from head to toe. His gaze paused on my naked waist and on my cleavage. It should have made me uncomfortable. But somehow, I wanted his gaze more. I wanted his eyes all over me and just on me. Not any other passing girl. Am I jealous now?

"Hey" I mustered finally as I was positioning myself on the stool.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"So, you came..." he said with a smirk, pointing out the obvious.

"I came." I said, blushing.

"What can I get you love?" he asked as pointing the bar with his jaw.

"I can get a mojito, virgin please." I said.

"Virgin?" he asked. "Why?"

"I don't want to drink alcohol during business trips anymore."

"Why?" he asked again, genuinely. His lovely green eyes were bright with a real curiosity and interest, like he really didn't know why.

"You know why..." All I could muster. I flushed like a damn raspberry. Why he was pushing the topic as he was aware of what happened between us yesterday.

"Do I?" he said again with an almost realistic confusion. If I didn't know I was with him yesterday, that I kissed those plump lips and I held that strong jaw in my hands, I would think that I was mistaken. What an act... Though it broke my heart. Why on earth was he playing dumb? Was he as embarrassed about what happened yesterday as I did? Or was it the way a womanizer acts after something happened with a girl? Maybe he didn't want to be held responsible for what happened. And maybe he didn't want any further interaction with me so he found it safe to play dumb.

"From earth to Alice? Are you with me?" I jumped out of my thoughts. I forced a smile to my lips,

"Here. Sorry, I spaced out."

"What were you thinking, love? What kind of thoughts you have, in this beautiful head?"

I didn't reply. He continued,

"You were about to say why you preferred virgin drinks?"

"Well, I am not good with alcohol, that's all." I said curtly. He looked at me with weighing eyes, like to decide if he could push this topic further or not. Then he decided not to.

"A virgin mojito then!" he said rather loudly to make it heard by the barman.

Barman started preparing my drink. I busied myself watching the barman as I felt his piercing gaze all over me. I denied looking him back. I was feeling a little bit hurt. It was my first kiss. First intimate moment I shared with a man, and it was nothing for him. What I was thinking though? A billionaire, heart-breakingly handsome and a womanizer CEO would like me? Maybe he was drunk too. Maybe he felt my inexperience during the moment we shared and didn't want to take responsibility. No wonder he left me in the middle of it. Maybe I was that bad. How should I know? I didn't have a reference to compare it, right? Maybe I did everything wrong. Oh my god, I was pathetic.

When the barman completed my drink and placed it in front of me, I had no excuse left to not to look at him back. I turned my head and our eyes crushed again. Green ocean was looking at me intently, like he really cared. Yeah, right. I didn't buy it. I looked at him back, daringly as much as I could.

"What is wrong love?" he asked.

"Nothing." I said.

"I am feeling like I am missing something vital. Can you enlighten me, what is?"

"I have no idea." I said again. He licked his lower lip as if trying to be patient. My eyes followed his tongue on his lip. Damn traitorous eyes of mine.

He smiled at my little breakup. He opened those gorgeous lips again to say something, but I never heard what because,

"Hey." a gruff voice cut in his line. When we raised our heads, we saw Anton standing next to us. He was also wearing nothing but swimming shorts. His tanned, muscular body was impressive as much as his brother's. Black hair messily falling on his brows. When they were standing next to each other, I couldn't help but gape at the similarity of their features one more time. Same wavy hair, same eye shape, same strong jaw. But one of them has darker shades than the other. The bold one and the light one, my first observation never failed.

He didn't wait to be invited and placed himself on the other stool next to mine. I was between Alonzo brothers again. The Alonzo sandwich was back.

"Hey..." said Matt with a weak enthusiasm. Anton looked at my drink, then looked at me back with unbelieving eyes. I knew what he was implying. But I was not in the mood to tell him it was just a virgin drink, and I didn't need another scolding. I dared his eyes. Was he thinking that I was stupid? Would I make the same mistake right after the first one? It was hard enough to digest that Matt didn't want to be related to me or admit last night. I couldn't take an Anton Alonzo piece of mind.

"Are you drinking alcohol? After yesterday?" he asked unbelievingly. Shit! He couldn't let a thing lie, could he?

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I just glared at him. Fuming. Before I opened my mouth to reply to him, Matt cut in.

"What the hell about yesterday? Can someone tell me what happened?" I kept the glaring with Anton, he returned my glare with equal fury. But he answered Matt's question.

"Ms. Wonderful got drunk yesterday and blanked out." he said. Damn you Anton Alonzo! Damn your cruel heart, and soulless being.

"Really?" Matt asked with unbelieving eyes darting from me to Anton and back. Like he didn't really know. Or maybe he didn't know because when he was with me in my room, I was certainly conscious.

I was furious. Furious from the way Matt was looking at me with enjoyed eyes and Anton was looking at me with distaste. I jumped off my stool.

"I am leaving, have a nice evening gentleman." I said in a low serial-killer calm voice.

"Where do you think you are going?" Anton asked from my back gruffly as expected from him.

"Somewhere away from you two." I answered without turning back to see their faces again. And walked away to the beach. One thing could only calm me right then. Cool ocean water.

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ANTON'S POV

"What the hell you did?" asked Matt.

"What?" I challenged him.

"Why did you act like that to Alice?" I winced when he mentioned her with her first name. Were they that close? I was about to get that close yesterday, at the poolside. But every bit of intimacy had vanished after she called me that. "She was drinking a virgin cocktail you dumbass!" he said. Virgin? Damn! I scolded her for nothing.

"And what happened yesterday. Tell me! There is something that you are keeping from me. She was acting weird too." Matt was restlessly asking.

"You heard what happened. She got drunk, and blanked out. She couldn't even handle two cocktails. So I forbid her to drink alcohol during business trips. That's all." And, I carried her to her room and we made out, but she moaned your name so I understood she was thinking that I was you for all the damn time. Of course I didn't say these things to him.

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"What? You forbid her?"

"Yes."

"Are you in your right mind Anton? She is not fifteen. You cannot forbid an adult from drinking. And you cannot forbid an employee from doing something in their free time. It's not called free time for nothing!"

"I don't need a lecture from you Matt. Of course you don't mind what your employees do during their free time as long as they do you!"

"Oh, so you want to open the old chapters again."

"We all suffered from your old chapters. If I am stuck with this stupid girl as an assistant it is because of your old chapters."

"No, you stuck with this girl because you took her to prevent me from choosing her. And if you are not happy with her, I am ready to take her back."

"She is mine!" I roared. And instantly recognized that I said it more possessively than I anticipated. My hands were curled to fists and my brows were creased in a threatening way. Matt recognized these too. "Easy tiger." he smirked.

"You know, I would never think that any girl could get under your thick skin... Apparently I was wrong. Even though I am happy for your tin heart finally started beating, I am sorry I could not let you have her, brother. Not without a good fight.” "I have no idea what you are talking about." I said. I had every idea what he was talking about. She was the forbidden apple and both of us wanted her. Like we did a million times before, we were challenging again.

He raised from his stool and patted my shoulder. Then lowered his head to my ear level and whispered into my ear.

"Yes you do my brother! Game is on..."

He turned and left.

"Game is on..." I murmured as I was watching him leave.