The Billionaire's Maid man×boy (reposted)

Chapter 34

Lucas

I throw my wet backpack on the kitchen table, immediately looking for some towels to wipe my clothes.

These past few hours have been a whole hell. After leaving the mansion my first intention was to come home and drown myself into self-pity, but then I decided that I needed to think. About everything.

So I started taking a short walk through town, avoiding crowded streets. But then the rain started.

It was so loud and so dense I could barely see where I was walking, there was no way I was able to go home. And like any other heartbroken person, I decided to remain exposed to the rain on a bank in a park, tears streaming down my face.

And now, I am here, a hole in the pit of my stomach and my guts feeling nauseous. The moment I entered this house, I knew I have to tell Kevin everything.

Since it's over I can't hold anything back anymore, as much as I want to hide everything, he deserves to know. But maybe he's sleeping right now, maybe I'll get away with it tonight.

Unfortunately, as I enter the living room, I spot him sitting on the couch, confused. Forrest is next to him, looking extremely worried.

I can't blame them, I haven't called and it's past midnight. But who could blame me, I could barely register where I was and what I was thinking.

I ignore the fact that Forrest is wearing my clothes and walk to the couch, sitting down.

"What's going on?" My brother asks. I wipe my tears away, prepared to explain everything, but of course, he must interrupt me. "Did Anthony do anything? I'm gonna kill that bastard."

At hearing of his name, I start crying harder, and that's when Kevin probably notices that this is serious. So he grips me and holds me into his arms, rubbing my back until I calm down.

I sniff, wiping my runny nose with the back of my hand.

"I have to tell you something." I announce, and Forrest's eyes lock with mine. He furrows his brows and I shot him a familiar look, making him understand what I'm going to do.

I try to build up my words, build up courage, and then I decide to just let it out, get over with it. "Marianne is in this city. She came back."

After those words, silence falls in the room. And this isn't even the completely bad news. I can't imagine how Kevin will react after what I'm about to tell him next.

"And she's been married to Anthony. For years."

I warily look at Kevin, expecting anger or sadness or anything, but he just looks surprised, his eyes slightly bigger than normal.

I decide to start the whole story again, the first day I saw her at the first gala, then the second one, then I decide to tell him how Anthony doesn't know she was my mother until today, but I leave the part with Forrest knowing out because that's not my piece of truth to tell.

"Today, she came to Anthony's house and found me, and then we fought. Anthony heard and that's how he found out what was going on. But he took her side, and I just—" I try to explain through sobs.

"All this time you just held that pain inside you?" He asks, looking more concerned about me than what I just told him.

"That's not the point, Kevin. I just told you all that." I snap, feeling confused and frustrated that Kevin's reactions are so abnormal and careless.

"And I don't care. You are my family, not her. Why should I care she's here, she's like a stranger. But you are not. And I want to slap you for dealing with it alone because you thought I was gonna react any different than how I'm reacting now."