Sleeping with my boyfriend's brother

The campaign

Her dad heaved a sigh. “You don’t have to apologize for every single thing.”

“I have a work for you, listen carefully.”

Hannah snapped back to reality the next second. “Work at this time?”

“Ivan’s brother is back after a long 5 years.”

“And their company is hosting a campaign, and searching for the best models in town.”

“This is your good chance to promote yourself and work with a big, renowned brand like him.”

“Go and take this chance to prove your worth and get selected.”

“He’s in his office, going through the selection process along with his team. I’m sending you the location. Head there right away.”

“S-sure…dad…”.

He hung up the call and her phone beeped the next second.

She checked the location on the map. “Hm….Times Square…it’ll take 30 minutes.”

She looked around and realized she had already told her driver to leave.

“Better call an Uber then.”

The taxi arrived a second later and she got in.

As the car started driving away she glanced down at the window.

“Lionel is back?”.

“I thought he had no plans on returning.”

“I’ll get to see him after so long.”

“But, I have no wish to face someone at the moment. All I wanna do is disappear somewhere people can’t find me.”

But, she’s always taught to obey her father’s wishes. That’s why she couldn’t refuse his request.

“Yet, Crimson is never told to do that. The indifference.”

The car stopped in front of a tall building. She paid the bill and looked at the surroundings.

It was already over 6:30, and it got quite dark.

Still, shaking away all the thoughts from her head she walked inside.

She asked a staff where she was supposed to head and they gave the instructions to go to the 6th floor.

She took the lift and got lost in her thoughts on the way.

Not until she heard the lift doors open did she come back to her senses.

She walked out and searched for the room she was supposed to go to.

She saw two women sitting outside the room.

And went up to their side and asked them about it.

Then took a seat along with them.

The other two also went in while she checked the time on her phone.

Around 7:10 the last girl came out.

“Next!” someone yelled from inside out.

She got up on her feet right away. And walked up to the door and opened it.

Stepping inside she stood at the doorway and roamed her eyes all around the room.

Only to see Lionel sitting in the middle with two men at his side.

“Are there some more people after you?” the guy with glasses asked, walking up to her side.

“Uh, no. I’m the last one,” Hannah replied politely.

Hearing her voice, Lionel looked towards her direction the next second.

Seeing her, he got up from his chair out of surprise.

“Hannah?” he called her out loud making Hannah look in his direction.

She walked over to his side and stood before his desk.

“Nice to see you after so long, Lionel,” she addressed with a forced smile.

“When did you come back?”.

He regained his composure, as his eyes softened up focusing on her only.

“Just today,” he held out his hand towards her.

“How are you?”.

She shook his hand. “Good, hope you are doing well as well?”.

He smiled. “All thanks to your blessings.”

“So, are you here for the campaign?” he asked, placing his hands in his pockets.

She nodded, “My dad informed me about it.”

“What about the audition?” the guy who stood at his right with files in hand asked.

“Nah, we won’t be needing that,” Lionel replied, turning to Hannah.

“I know her. She’s family.”

“It makes her selected automatically.” He addressed with a smile.

Hannah felt her heart skip a beat seeing the charming smile.

“W-what happened just now?”

“Hm…then we have selected 10 people for our campaign, including her,” added the guy with glasses.

“I’ll make the final list, but I’ll be needing her information.”

“You can get it from me anytime, Taylor,” Lionel replied, checking the time on his watch.

His eyes widened for a second. “Had it been so late already?”.

“Taylor and Samuel, you can leave now. follow up with work tomorrow.”

“Alright then.” the one with files walked out of the room, and the one with glasses left the next second.

Hannah and Lionel were the only ones standing in the room.

“Have a seat if you aren’t too busy,” he remarks with a soft smile, sitting down.

Hannah just flopped down on the chair next to her and stared at him.

“Would you like something to drink?”.

“Shall I order something for you?”.

She lowered her eyes the next second. “Uh…no…I’m fine.”

He paused for a second staring into her face deeply before he stag again.

“So, how’s your relationship with Ivan going? Doing well?”.

Hannah recalled seeing Ivan with Crimson the next second with his question.

It made her feel enraged.

“Are you two being lovebirds as usual?” he asked with a serious expression.

“I remember your marriage is in a few weeks.”

“Looking forward to it?”.

She gave no response. And it made him curious why she didn’t reply to his question.

He stared at her all puzzled. “Hannah?”.

“Are you listening?”.

She became startled and raised her head finally looking up at him in the eyes.

She seemed to be a bit saddened and in pain.

“Uh…um…it’s….”.

“Is anything the matter? You can tell me about it, you know?” he asked in a reassuring tone.

“Is everything alright in your family? Your parents?”.

She clenched her hands and tried her best not to break down in front of him but failed to do so.

“It’s….it’s…Ivan,” she managed to say.

He looked at them with a concerned face. “What happened to Ivan? I talked with him in the morning, and he was all fine then.”

“He cheated on me with Crimson,” she blurted out as tears formed in her eyes.

Lionel’s jaw dropped in surprise.

“What?” he looked as if he had been stabbed by a knife just now.

“Yes,” she sobbed, wiping away tears from the corner of her eyes.

“I saw it with my own eyes today.”

“And he even sounded proud of it, saying that she is better than me and more mature than me and whatnot!".

Tears spilled down her cheeks.

"I'm....not a match for him....he said...I'm..childish...she's more useful than me."

"I'm...".