Truth Of Twins

The air in the room was thick with a charged, suffocating silence. Lilly was in her house, held in the continuous, demanding embrace of a man's kiss. Her eyes, however, held no love, only a cold, steely emptiness. She was physically present, yet utterly withdrawn, her expression ambitious, a reflection of a hatred so overwhelming she could barely contain it. Her current state-this cold, calculated composure-was a shield forged in the fires of a devastating discovery made just a few hours prior.

Flashback: Few Hours Ago

It was her boyfriend, James's birthday. Lilly was brimming with excited anticipation. She had chosen her best dress, picked up a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a celebratory cake, and carefully wrapped a thoughtful gift. She booked a lovely restaurant and, upon reaching her table, called her husband.

"James, where are you? I'm waiting for you," she said, her voice bright with joy.

"I'm about to leave, baby. Wait for a while," he replied.

But as she was about to hang up, a familiar voice drifted from the table next door. Puzzled, she asked, "Are you already here?"

"No," he insisted.

Curiosity overriding caution. Lilly walked toward the familiar sound. What she saw made her heart stop: it was James, she thought. Just as she was about to step forward, her phone rang again.

"Baby, I'm just outside. Tell me which table you're at," the voice on the phone said. Lela, completely stunned, hung up.

Standing hidden from view, she heard the conversation at the next table. The woman with James asked, "I hear you have a girlfriend. She sounds so old-fashioned and boring. James, how could you date someone like her?"

james chuckled, a sound that sent a chill down Lilly's spine. "She was just a practice toy for me until the love of my life returned.

I was just playing with her."

"Practice for what?" the woman pressed.

"Lucy is such a good girl, and I want to give her my best. Before starting a relationship with her, I wanted to practice so she wouldn't be disappointed with my performance."

"It's your birthday. You won't celebrate with her? What if she finds out the truth?"

James smile turned evil. "She never will, because she doesn't know about the existence of my twin brother, Justin. She is so stupid; she'll never know."

Lilly heard everything. The man she had

Loved for three years didn't just cheat on her; he humiliated her, reducing her worth to a mere "practice toy," a person he intended to toss into his twin brother's arms when he was done.

Her heart shrank; her legs gave way. She fell to the ground, tears streaming down her face, the realization of his betrayal physically crippling her.

Using every ounce of strength she possessed, Lilly stood up. She walked back to her table, wiping her tears away. The phone rang, and the caller-justin -asked which table she had booked. She told him.

When he arrived and sat down, Lilly knew the truth: the man across from her was not her husband, but his twin brother. She made a silent, instantaneous decision: she would

Not expose him. She would continue the play.

Lilly celebrated the birthday with exaggerated effort, lighting numerous candles and giving Justin the flowers and gift. As she saw James prepare to leave with his friends, she pulled Justin into a tight, dramatic hug. James noticed them. A smirk crossed his face, and he walked away silently, satisfied with his deception.

Meanwhile, Lilly watched him go, a terrifying new resolve settling in her heart. She was no longer the victim. She had decided to continue this game.

The air in Lilly home had become a volatile mix of sandalwood and anticipation. Lilly had tracked him back, a predator of the heart, determined to dismantle the invisible wall he kept between them.

Justin was a man of strict lines, but today, Lilly was the flood. With a sudden, assertive move, she pushed him back, the mattress receiving his weight with a soft sigh.

Her hands moved to his shirt, her eyes locking onto his, demanding a surrender his mouth was unwilling to grant. For a moment, his body remained a stiff, resisting column.

But the heat of her touch, the sheer, unrelenting force of her will, was a current too strong to fight. His restraint shattered.

It wasn't a slow, tender deepening of affection; it was an explosion of surpassed need,Justin didn't just meet her kiss—he devoured it. His actions became frantic, a hurried attempt to consume the moment before reality could reclaim him. He kissed her with a desperate, almost fearful intensity, as if racing against an invisible clock.

His hands, finally giving in, grasped her, pulling her close with an urgency that spoke not of love, but of overwhelming chaotic desire. It was a kiss born of weakness, a stolen, feverish embrace that, in its very hastiness, betrayed the guilt and conflict raging inside him.

A notification from James, body went rigid again, his muscles coiling with a familiar tension. He broke the kiss, his eyes clouded with a sudden, urgent focus. He moved with a speed that startled her .

Grabbing his phone and instinctively hiding it behind his back, as if shielding a secret. Lilly didn't need to ask. She knew it had to be James .

The phone had done what she couldn't: it had brought the silent third party into the room.

The moment of passion was over, replaced by the cold reality of a sibling rivalry she was desperate to understand. When he made leave, she didn't fight him, not really.

Instead, she wrapped her arms around him from behind, a seemingly desperate plea that was, in fact, a final, calculated move. She brushed her fingers against his hand, but he stopped her, his voice a low, firm command.

​"Stop. I have something important to do. I have to leave."

Lilly released her hold. Her struggle was over, for now. She had what she wanted—proof that Justin focused lay elsewhere, a tether to his brother that was stronger than her touch.

She watched him go, not with the heartbreak of a woman scorned, but with the quiet satisfaction of a detective who had just found her first clue. The seduction had failed, but the mission was just beginning.

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