Growing Attached To My Competition ✔️

Chapter 79 - Ego

Author's Note: Sorry about the delay by a few hours, I honestly didn't expect this chapter to be so long. 

*Back to the story

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The next afternoon, Adrian and Brody were enjoying their coffee date when Adam and Ashley walked into the shop.

"Adrian? We didn't know you were back already, we didn't expect you to come home until later tonight." Ashley mentioned as they sat down with them.

Adrian looked slightly apprehensive towards Brody before he turned back to Ashley. "I actually just got back a hour ago," Adrian lied, "Brody just picked me up earlier and we came straight here."

He didn't want to reveal that he came 2 days earlier just because he missed Brody, and he wanted to have sex with him. They could live without knowing all of that.

Adam smirked at his childhood best friend, knowing something seemed fishy. "Just got back, huh?"

"Yep, just now." Adrian was brave to meet Adam in the eyes, staying true to the story he just made up.

Adrian watched Adam whisper something to Ashley, which made her giggle in response when they looked at him and Brody together.

With the spotlight on them still, "What?" Adrian asked innocently.

"You both have massive hickeys - again." Adam pointed out with a deadpanned expression.

Brody didn't bother to pretend and hide it, he had a shit eating grin on his face while Adrian was flustered. This wasn't even the first time they were caught out with hickeys on them.

"W-what?" Adrian attempted to cover his reddened neck with his hand. "If you must know, this was done right before we got here."

"Lies." Adam sang as a matter of fact.

"Your necks are a darker shade than my lipstick, and there's no way that was done a few hours ago." Ashley laughed.

"We also didn't see Brody home all day yesterday, and he's wearing the shirt I bought for you last year." Adam described with accurate details.

Adrian took his half filled coffee cup and stood up with it, immediately running away from anymore possible taunting. "I'm going to get a refill!"

"I'll come with." Ashley demonstrated as they made their way to the counter.

Brody was innocently sipping his coffee, hiding the smile on his face when Adam gave him a judging look.

"What did you do to our precious, innocent flower?"

Hearing Adam give Adrian that little nickname made him snicker - Adrian was no way in hell innocent.

"I taught him how to use chopsticks." Brody joked as he livened up the air - it was still technically true.

Adam put his hands up in the air to stop Brody talking. "Adrian's like my little brother, so I think for my sanity it would be better to not continue this conversation, and listen to what you did to my little bro."

"Agreed."

Telling Adam how much he had corrupted Adrian, only for it to be revealed that Adrian was a corrupted little minx in disguise, wouldn't be a good change in light for the best friends.

Brody would keep it between him and Adrian, about how Adrian was no longer the sweet little flower Adam was describing.

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They were all still sitting around the coffee shop together as Ashley was describing the Christmas market that she wanted them all to go to.

The Christmas market celebrated the holidays as it was all stocked up with gift potentials, food and hot drinks, and pleasing aesthetics that captured the winter wonderland feeling.