‘What the hell was he thinking before blurting that part in front of Dad?' She wondered. She remembered that Brandon didn’t take the news about Artemis and Theodore that well. He wanted to do everything to kick them out of his daughters’ lives.
And now, this! She wouldn’t be surprised if her father would grab Wylder’s collar and throw it out of the suite.
"Relax," Wylder whispered, caressing her back. "Here!! Drink some water." He muttered, helping her drink water.
Tiara clammed down and looked between her dad and Wylder. For some reason, her father was extremely calm and composed.
"What does that mean, young man? Are you not going to marry my daughter?" Brandon asked, arching his brow.
"Dadddd" Tiara whined at the topic of marriage.
"I will, Uncle Brandon. If Ara will want the same, but for now, we want to keep things casual to see if things could work out or not." Wylder responded, and Tiara’s head snapped towards Wylder.
‘Either he is too good at acting, or Dad will be a fool not to catch his lie.' She thought, biting her lips, but what Brandon said next blew her mind.
"Thank you for telling me the truth, Wylder. You were transparent about your feelings even when you were nine, and I’m glad that you’re still the same."
"Wait! What? You knew about his feelings since he was nine. How?" Tiara asked in shock. "So, you never saw us as brothers and sisters, even when you considered him your son?" She asked next. Wlyder growled in a low tone at the word 'brother and sister’.
"Everyone knew that he really liked you." Sophia responded, not using the word ‘love', because confessing his love for Tiara was Wylder’s work, not hers or anyone else's.
"We thought you were his crush, and his feelings will go away with time," Brandon added. "Not just that us; even Eden, Arya, Colton, Calvin, Caro, and Lee knew about his feelings except you. I wonder how you couldn’t see that." Tiara looked at Wylder in shock.
"But... but when you all knew about his feelings for me, then you used to allow him anywhere near me? We used to stay together in my room for hours, and sometimes we used to sleep together. You didn’t have any problem with that?"
"No. We trusted him." Sophia responded. "To be honest, if you ever... think of marrying Wylder, then trust me, we will all be more excited than you."
"And I won’t treat him like Artemis or that loser, for sure," Brandon added. "So, yes, green flag from my end as well."
Tiara opened her mouth and closed it like a fish, not knowing what to say.
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#TBC
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A/N: Thank you so much, everyone!!