Should I continue this What-If?

I'm on the fence about this one. Read through it and vote if I should continue this story or not! This is unedited 1st draft. Typos etc should be expected.

Trigger Warnings: EXPLICIT RAPE SCENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Minor spoilers for an unreleased Brandon ending.

Setup: Brandon did something that made Monika hate him. She's been giving him the silent treatment for months.

This is a Brandon x Isabella story. Monika will not be in this story much.

For the record - Yes, Brandon would do this. He has no morals when it comes to anyone outside of his sister.

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"I didn't recognize a voice coming from the lounge as I first stepped inside the manor. I heard Mother and a unfamiliar male voice in the middle of discussion, and when I heard my sister's name, I darted into the room. I was surprised by the faces inside. [cSebastian] Dallarosa, his twin brother [cAlexander], Mother, and my sister sat together with drinks."

cBrandon "What's going on?"

"Mother sighed heavily and scowled, and I immediately knew she had been trying to hide this meeting from me. I ignored her when she tried to shoo me out of the room."

cBrandon "Sister? What is this about?"

"She still wasn't speaking to me. [cSebastian] was the one to answer my question."

cSebastian "I've been in discussion with Mrs. [persistent.mcLast] about [persistent.mcFirst]'s future for a few months. We are now betrothed."

cBrandon "Y-y-ou… are… what?!"

cLuciana "This is for the best, Son. I don't know what the hell happened between you two, but it's clear she's been causing you nothing but problems."

cBrandon "That isn't--"

cLuciana "Silence! I've had enough. I should have made these arrangements years ago, frankly."

cBrandon "They are our enemy!"

cSebastian "I'm now the head of Dallarosa, family and corporation. Your mother and I have come to terms over the… past disagreements."

cBrandon "Terms…?"

cSebastian "I've paid off your family debts, and my marriage with [persistent.mcFirst] will unite our families."

cBrandon "Over my dead body…"

mce "It's not your choice!"

"It was the first time she had said a word to me in months, and she was furious and teary-eyed. She jumped from her chair and pointed her finger at me accusingly."

mce "You lost that right! I'm making my own choices from now on! And I've agreed. I'll do anything to get out of this house and away from you!"

cLuciana "[persistent.mcFirst]! How dare you talk--"

cBrandon "You hate me so much you'll run off and wed some stranger?!"

mce "YES!"

"I stood in stunned silence as Mother berated [persistent.mcFirst] for her language and disrespect. When Mother reached to slap [persistent.mcFirst], [cSebastian] was the one to block the blow and protect her."

cSebastian "If it pleases you ladies, I'd be happy to move her in with us tonight. I can send for her belongings tomorrow."

mce "That sounds like a great idea."

cLuciana "I agree."

cBrandon "Sister…"

"I pleaded with her in silence as my heart shattered, but she only stared back blankly in response. Was this another nightmare? It didn't feel real."

cLuciana "When shall we see [cIsabella]?"

cSebastian "I think it may be best to give [cBrandon] some time to… adjust to the change. I'll discuss it with her, perhaps next month."

# -

"The following weeks, I drank myself into oblivion. I used hard drugs and prostitutes for the first time in my life. Every time I woke up beside a woman, I thought she was [persistent.mcFirst], and that sent me into despair all over again. I skipped all of my training, ignored my mother, and vanished from the mansion for days on end."

"Eventually, Mother cut off my credit cards and I returned home. I was behaving childishly and irresponsibility, but I didn't care. Without {b}her{/b}, nothing mattered. It didn't matter if I lived or died, if the sun rose tomorrow, or if an asteroid struck the planet and ended all life. And frankly… I would have preferred that to reality."

"More than once, I tried to go to the Dallarosa mansion. I fantasized about stealing her away, forcing her return, or my valent heroism of rescuing her from a nightmare worse than home. Instead, my drunkenness made me into a fool. I was caught and sent away each time."

"I was disappointed when I did finally return to see she wasn't back home. A part of me had prayed she'd realize her mistake and come running back to me. There was no way that {b}stranger{/b} could ever love her more than me. I thought about all the things I might say to her when she came crawling back, begging my forgiveness. I'd hold it over her head for months, taunt her endlessly, restrain her in bed and force her to confess to how much she longed for me."

"But when I realized she was still gone… all I wanted was to hold her and hear her voice."

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"I woke late one night to a warm body beside me and hands roaming my skin. I was still somewhat drunk, hungover, and tired, and my mind couldn’t process the current situation immediately. I groaned with the ache in my skull and stretched against the touch."

cBrandon "Feels good."

"Lips kissed the back of my neck and I felt the tickle of her long hair on my back. A hand slid down my back and squeezed my butt playfully. I grinned into my pillow."

cBrandon "When did you get so bold?"

"I heard a quiet chuckle behind me before a hand reached around and began stroking a cock through my boxers. I moaned as she touched me and my body instantly responded. I'd always wanted [persistent.mcFirst] to initiate sex, but she was always too shy and nervous to--"

"My eyes snapped open and I sat upright, grabbing the woman's wrist and squeezing painfully tight. She yelped loudly from the pain. I looked her over and it took a moment for my brain to register her face."

cBrandon "[cIsabella]?!"

"I loosened my grip enough for her to yank free. She held her wrist gingerly and rested it against her chest, looking at me sadly."

cBrandon "What the fucking hell are you doing here?!"

cIsabella "What…? I live here now. This was planned for weeks…"

cBrandon "Live here? Why would you live here?"

"She stared at me, a strange mixture of sad and angry."

cIsabella "I'm your fiancée."

"I sat silently in a daze as my brain caught up to reality, but as I thought it over, it made logical sense. If I hadn't been on a bender the last few weeks, it was something I would have predicted. Mother would expect [persistent.mcFirst] to screw up a union with the Dallarosa, so of course she'd betroth me to their sister to ensure it."

"Annoyed and horny, I grabbed the girl and shoved her onto her back, then crawled overtop her."

cBrandon "And that gives you the right to rape me?"

"Her eyes went wide with shock and she looked comical."

cIsabella "I-I-I… thought… I mean… you seemed to be enjoying it."

"While true, I had been enjoying it only because I thought she was my sister. I looked the girl over. I'd never really paid her any attention the few times we'd met. She was too tall for my liking, but curvy and attractive. She wore too much makeup and her hair was strawberry-blonde."

cBrandon "Well, my lovely fiancée. I suppose I can give you what you want."

"She wore a short skirt, so it was easy to push the fabric out of the way and rip her sheer panties off her body. Within moments, my bare dick was buried into her. She protested about a condom, but I just put my hand over her mouth to quiet her."

cBrandon "Your job is to birth my children. There's no reason to wait."

"I used to muffle my sister often when she would get too loud. The sounds of [cIsabella]'s muffled words only reminded me of those times. I kept my eyes closed, remembering the feel of [persistent.mcFirst]'s body, the pleasurable pain of her nails in my back, and the grip of her thighs against my waist. I was near the point of orgasm when [cIsabella] managed to pull free enough to slap me."

"In a flash of anger, I grabbed her neck and squeezed, using my body weight to apply pressure. She panicked and clawed at my arm, drawing blood with her sharp nails. I scowled as I looked at them. [persistent.mcFirst] didn't grow out her nails like that."

"Everything about this girl was inferior to my sister."

cBrandon "What? We have to wait until marriage to knock you up? Fine. There are other ways for you to satisfy me."

"I wanted to hurt her, badly. I adjusted my position so her hips rested against my legs, lined up my dick with her asshole, and promptly shoved it straight in. If I wasn't already choking her, she would have screamed. She struggled and fought me, but the lack of oxygen was making her weak."

"I loosened my grip on her neck just enough to keep her from passing out. She gasped for air and coughed heavily as I pounded myself into her. I felt droplets of blood sliding down my penis and staining my balls. I didn't pay her struggles any further mind until I reached climax."

"When finished, I released her, collapsed back on my bed, and reached for the open tequila bottle on my nightstand."

cBrandon "Get out and go home."

"I expected her to scream at me, berate me, and threaten me. I wouldn't have been surprised if she'd run from the room sobbing. But I was extraordinarily surprised when she simply sat up and looked at me with pity."

cIsabella "Did you rape your sister, too? Is that why she hates you?"

"At first, I panicked, thinking she knew, but then I assumed she was jumping to conclusions."

cBrandon "I didn’t rape her. I [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS]

"I still couldn't face the reality that [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS] I still didn't understand."

cIsabella "So you… were gentle with her?"

"I glared at her. Did she know? How? Did [persistent.mcFirst] tell her? If she knew, why was she here?"

cBrandon "Excuse me? What the hell are you implying?"

cIsabella "[cSebastian] had spies planted here for years. He knew you two were… together. He told me to try to convince me to stay away. He also told me that you were cruel and evil."

cBrandon "Then why {b}are{/b} you here?"

cIsabella "I guess… I didn't believe him. When I saw you with your sister you were so… caring and kind. I thought the rumors might be… exaggerated."

cBrandon "They're not. So go home."

cIsabella "I won't."

cBrandon "You won't? You're stupider than you look."

cIsabella "If I go home, I'll be a bride to some old geezer nobody. I've seen the men my parents want me to marry. The youthful ones are {b}only{/b} twice my age. But even worse… they're powerless."

cBrandon "I am powerless, too. Your brother will run our families."

cIsabella "Huh? Haven't you heard? He doesn't want to, neither of them."

"I sat up and rubbed my aching skull, staring at her in confusion."

cBrandon "What the hell are you talking about?"

cIsabella "[cSebastian] and [cAlexander] are leaving the reigns to you. [cAlexander] hates the business entirely, and [cSebastian] wants to focus on his future wife. He's willing to be your underboss if you wish, but he expects you'd reject the offer."

ciBrandon "If I accepted it… I could see [persistent.mcFirst]…"

"A tiny ray of hope was born in that moment. Underboss was a dangerous, dirty job. Accidents happened… plans went wrong… it would be so easy to get [cSebastian] out of the way."

cBrandon "And you are… what? A power-hungry queen in the making?"

"My mocking question infuriated her."

cIsabella "I've been waiting my entire life to inherit the throne! Neither of the twins wanted it! {b}It was supposed to fall to me!{/b}"

cBrandon "So you're going to poison me and take control, is that it?"

"She sighed and the weight of it was all too familiar. She accepted she was fighting a losing battle. If she had a half a brain in her skull, she knew that without a husband or her parents backing her takeover, she would never garner a crumb of respect in the underworld."

"To get what she wanted, she either needed my permission to rule at my side, or to dominate me as my mother had done to my father. I'd likely just broken her hopes of taking control by force or manipulation, and that amused me."

cIsabella "I heard rumor you wanted to run your family with your sister. If we were to marry, I thought you might run it with me, instead."

cBrandon "My sister is special. You are not."

cIsabella "What makes her so special?"

"That was a question I never considered. What {i}did{/i} make [persistent.mcFirst] so special? Her looks were average, as were her dress and mannerisms. Nothing particular about her made her unique in any way. All her specialness came down to her loving, kind, heart… but even without that, I would love her regardless."

cBrandon "I don’t know. Nothing… everything."

"I didn't understand why were we having this conversation? Why was she just sitting there after what I'd done to her? I stared at her blankly, completely confused but having no idea what to ask."

cIsabella "Do I have any chance of getting you to fall in love with me?"

"I chuckled at her question. This girl was desperate. All her dreams were crumbling in her hands."

cBrandon "Sure, just become my sister. I'm sure we'll live happily ever after."

# -

"I drank and slept for the next two days. A servant would bring me a meal occasionally. I finally put myself together enough to come out for lunch one day. What I saw stunned me."

"Mother and [cIsabella] sat together in the kitchen, but [cIsabella] was barely recognizable. She had gotten a fake tan to darken her skin, and her long hair was now parted down the middle and a dark brown color. When she turned to greet me, I saw her eyes were also brown."

cIsabella "Want some lunch?"

"Even her voice tone was softer than I remembered. I was too dumbfounded to respond."

cIsabella "Like the new look?"

"I looked at Mother, who looked displeased."

cLuciana "Really, son? You prefer brunettes? Her natural look is so much more beautiful."

cBrandon "Don't put this on me. I didn't tell her to change it."

cIsabella "I just thought I'd try it out. None of it is permanent."

cLuciana "Well, I hope you change it back. Excuse me."

"We both silently watched as Mother left the dining room. I sat down beside her and raised a brow."

cBrandon "What the fuck is this?"

cIsabella "I thought I'd try being your sister. How close am I?"

cBrandon "A new color scheme doesn't make you my sister."

cIsabella "I'm not stupid."

"I snickered at her glare."

cBrandon "My sister is."

cIsabella "Well all your mother would tell me about her is that she's an annoying clumsy crybaby. If you want me to act like her, I'm willing to try."

cBrandon "Why?! What the hell is this game?"

cIsabella "[cSebastian] told me you'd never love anyone but her. I know I can't {b}be{/b} her, but maybe I can be close enough. I need this marriage to work, [cBrandon]. I want to run the family, and my {b}only option{/b} now is to do it with you. So tell me what the fuck I have to do to get what I want."

"I stared at her, baffled, but also a little bit impressed."

cBrandon "I raped you."

cIsabella "…"

cBrandon "And you still want to marry me?"

cIsabella "You're my only option, [cBrandon]."

cBrandon "Damn, you're a crazy bitch."

# END