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EVE'S POV

Muffled sounds, filtered through the door of the room on the first floor, a mixture of groans, moans, and grunts.

Inside the room, a man drove his hips between the legs of his lover, chasing an orgasm.

"Keep it quiet" Jake groaned as his lover's moans took a new high tone, as he drove deeper into her.

"Someone can probably hear you in the hallway!"

The woman looked up at him.

"Who cares? Maybe I should scream so Eve can hear us. It looks like you need a little help in breaking up with her."

Jake squeezed his eyes tight and focused on the pleasure building in his abdomen.

I clearly was the last thing he wanted to talk about while making out with my sister.

"Why are you still with her, anyway? You have me. why do you still keep that worthless woman around?"

Jake pulled his strength out of Cindy, and when his tip was on the very edge, thrust came back into her. A loud gasp left her mouth as he picked up the pace of his thrusts.

She threw her head back as he took her hard. There was no better way to shut her up than fucking her harder.

"Oh my God.. Jak..yes..yes..."

While the couple lost themselves in each other's embrace, the front door of the house opened and I stepped in. My mind was preoccupied as I took the stairs.

The visit to the hospital to see my beloved caregiver had taken a toll on me.

Sandra had been diagnosed with acute kidney failure, and I felt guilty and helpless that I couldn't do anything to help. After everything she had done for me while growing up at the orphanage.

I wished I could help her get the treatment she needed. But that required a lot of money. Money I didn't even have. I wasn't going to give up, though. I was determined to exhaust all means to try to get the money Sandra needed for the treatment.

I came to a stop in the hall way of the first floor as a strange sound reached my ears.

At first, I thought I was mistaken, but before I could walk away, another sound came. It was a loud moan, and it was coming through my sister's bedroomn door.

I sighed and rolled my eyes. I didn’t know why, but I wasn't in any way surprised.

I was about to walk away when the next noise to come through my sister's door stopped me cold.

"Oh my God, Jake. You're the best!"

Jake? Why was Cindy moaning out my boyfriend's name?

My heart began thundering in my chest,as I stepped up to Cindy's door.

"You like that, uh?"

That voice.

My mouth fell open at the masculine voice. It really was my boyfriend!

"Yes! Oh my..ohhh.." Cindy's voice faded into a long moan.

I was gripped with such shock that I didn't know what to do. A part of me didn't want to believe that this was really happening.

My sister and my boyfriend?

I shook my head

"I can give you everything that she can't, Jake. Dump her!".

I jolted as Cindy's voice came again, more stable this time.

Jake's voice was lower, but I caught his words.

"I told you I'll take care of it, Cindy"

"You've been saying that since forever. I refuse to share a man with that worthless orphan!. If you don't break up with her, I'll tell her about us."

“Cindy-"

At this point, I had heard enough. Gripping the door handle, I twisted it and shoved the door open. It flew open, hitting the wall behind with a bang.

There were a couple of shouts as the two people on the bed in front of me scrambled out of each other's arms.

"Eve?" Jake called out my name, his eyes wide.

I stood in the doorway, my entire body trembling with rage. But I folded my hands into fists and clenched I jaws tight, determined not to break down in the face of the two traitors.

Jake was looking around the bed, in the sheets, over the edge... And there, he finally found his boxers and pulled them on. Then he rose to his knees, a desperate look on his face.

"Eve..it's not what it looks like" he claimed, seeking my eyes.

I huffed. Not what it looked like? Does he think I am stupid?

"How dare you?" I seethed through clenched teeth.

Jake shook his head.

"It was a mistake, I swear. Let's go talk"

I hated the look on his face. He actually managed to look contrite after I had caught him fucking my very own sister! How shameless.

Still, it was that look that took me down memory lane and made my heart squeeze painfully.

I had always thought Jake was the idea boyfriend. He so sweet, attentive and romantic. He treated me well and often surprised me with gifts.

I never could have imagined that it was all a lie. And to imagine that I had fallen for him…

"We are done!" I told him, my voice firm.

"No, no," Jake cried, crawling to the edge of the bed and getting down to the floor on his knees.

"Don't do this, Eve! Look!" He slapped his face.

“I’m sorry:" He slapped himself again and again.

"I’m so stupid, I'll never do it again. Please don't break up with me!"

I stepped towards him. And as I got closer, he attempted to reach out for me, but I stepped out of his reach.

"Don't touch me!"

Not with those hands that were just on my sister. Those hands that had held her so gently while he told her how much he loved her. While he lied..

He drew my hand back, and I quickly swung it forward and slapped him across his face, while he grabbed his smarting face, as I repeated my words, my voice as cold as I could make it.

"We. Are. Done."

On the bed, Cindy gathered the bed sheets around her as she watched the exchange between Jake and I. Good, just what she wanted.

Her celebratory moment halted when l looked over at her, my brown eyes giving her a cold gaze. After mastering her courage, she threw her head back and faced me, ready for whatever insults I wanted to throw at her. But all l did was give her a blank look, as if I couldn't care less.

It made her hate me even more. Perhaps she might me going wide in her thought.

“How dare she look at me like that, as if she was above me or something? She was just a parentless reject, my parents should have never adopted”, this were the exact words i presume she would be saying inside of her.

"No, Eve, don't go", Jake resumed his begging as l turned around to walk away.

"I swear l'Il never do it again!"

"Let her go!". Cindy hissed, disgusted by his pathetic begging.

"What is going on here?", a stern voice demnanded.

Cindy went shut as her parents appeared in the doorway. I stepped to the side, my eyes on the floor, while Jake got off his knees quickly and backed towards the bed.

Jeffery’s eyes fell on his eldest daughter.

"What is going on here, Cindy?"

Cindy looked away, her eyes glaring across the room as she held onto the sheet around herself. She didn't answer her father's question, for she didn't need to. The evidence of what had transpired was open for all to see.

"You are engaged to Morgan Caruso, and you're busy having an affair with your sister's boyfriend?" father demanded.

“I don't care about Morgan Caruso. I won't marry him” she retorted.

"Stop this nonsense right now" father commanded.

He turned on Jake and pointed at him.

"You, get out!"

Jake moved to do just that, but Cindy crawled to the edge of the bed and grabbed his arm.

"We are having a baby"

The room fell into total silence.

I looked up at my sister, my mouth going dry

“What did you say?”, Morgana, our mother demanded.

"I'm pregnant with Jake's baby. I can't marry Morgan Caruso."

Father paced the room, shoving his hand through his hair.

"Do you have any idea of what you've done, Cindy? We had an agreement with the Caruso's family! What do we do now?"

"She can marry him," Morgana said.

Quickly, my attention switched to my adoptive mother. Her eyes were on me.

"What? No, I.."

"Your sister is pregnant with another man's child. You're the only daughter we have to fulfil our agreement.", she cut me off.

Daughter? Oh, now she considers me their daughter?.

"I’m sorry, Eve, but your mother is right", Father said, giving me an apologetic look.

"We cannot break our agreement. We'll have to present you as our eldest daughter, so you can marry the Caruso's eldest son”,

I shook my head. No, I wasn't going to be forced into a marriage with a man I don't even know.

All this, after finding out that my boyfriend was cheating with my sister?

"We took you in, fed you and clothed you! This is the least you can do to show your gratitude", Morgana told me.

I bit my tongue. Why did they bother to take me in if they considered me a burden? One would think they were forced to adopt me!

I felt my anger melt the moment my adoptive father placed a hand on my shoulder and gave me a soft look.

Jeffery had always been warm towards me.

"How about this? Marry Morgan Caruso, and I'll cover the medical expenses for Sandra"

My eyes widened as I gazed at my father.

"What?"

He nodded.

"You know that she can't afford it", he added

Marrying some strange man so I can help Sandra pay off her medical bills?. I wished I had a better option, but there was none.

Sandra’s family had backed her into a corner, and each day Sandra stayed without treatment, her condition worsened.

I would never forgive myself if something happened to Sandra just because I didn't want to meet my family's demands. She had done so much for me..

"Okay”,

"l will marry him”.