AN: Things to know before reading: Forget everything you saw on AMC. This is what happened in this story. Ryan came back to town after Leo died and he and Greenlee connected and fell in love. Now they are married and running Fusion together. Ryan and Kendall where together before he left but not after he came back. Any questions let me know.
Summary: Greenlee can't understand why she isn't happy. As she tries to figure it out, a stranger in the form of a brother in law comes to town. As danger begins to surround her life the only person she can trust is the last one she expected.
Twisted Hearts
Chapter one
She sat near her bedroom with empty thoughts, as she did every night lately. She couldn't seem to sleep, her mind wouldn't let her. Something just bugging her, but she didn't know what. She turned slight on the edge she had been sitting on and looked at her husband. He had been so great to her, there whenever she needed him. She did truly love him. As he did her.
She looked back out the window, the sun was slowly coming up now and she was sure the few hours of sleep she got earlier would be all she got today. Greenlee Lavery moved away from the window and headed for the shower.
She could use this time to get ready and head into work before everyone else. She liked to be in control even though everything was being taken care of; she had to see if for herself.
Greenlee and her husband ran a cosmetics company with the help of her close friends, Kendall and Simone. It was called Fusion and one of the leading cosmetics companies out at the moment. Greenlee was proud, it was something she had always wanted, to be successful on her own.
After her shower Greenlee wiped the steam off the mirror and looked at herself. Staring into her big brown eyes she thought of it. Great husband, great company, great life, but why wasn't she happy?
Lately that was the question that ran through her mind, why aren't I happy?
She tried to not think of it, instead to think of all the good but it never worked. And what made it worse was she couldn't figure out why she wasn't happy. With a sigh of annoyance she looked away from the mirror and began to get ready for her day.
She kissed Ryan softly on the cheek before leaving him still asleep.
The sun was now out as she drove to her main offices. More cars began to flood the streets as the town awoke and got ready for their day. By the time she reached the office it was nearly eight o' clock, she had been in the shower longer then she thought.
She still had time to be alone because the girls wouldn't be in for another hour. They where her best friends, she trusted them with everything but she couldn't seem to open up to them either lately.
Greenlee placed her purse down and headed to her desk and checked the messages she skipped over last night. It was all business that needed her approval. She sat in the large leather chair and sighed. It was going to be a long day.
"Can I help you?" Greenlee asked when a tall man with short brown hair walked into the office.
"I'm looking for Ryan Lavery." He answered.
"He's not in yet. Is he expecting you?" Greenlee asked, feeling like a personal assistant when she said it.
"Not really this was just the only place I knew to look for him. Would you happen to be Greenlee?" He asked as he stood a few steps away from her desk.
"Yeah and you are?" Greenlee asked as she became curious about the man before her.
"Jonathan, Ryan's brother." He explained.
Greenlee had heard of him but not much because Ryan rarely talked about the past with his family. "Why are you in town?" she found herself asking.
"Ryan and I have been talking on the phone a lot lately, he's really happy here. I had nothing tying me down and decided to give Pine Valley a chance for a fresh start." Jonathan explained as he sat down in the empty chair in front of her desk.
"It sounds like there's more to it." Greenlee said.
"Isn't there always?" Jonathan asked as he looked into her eyes for the first time since he saw her. He understood what Ryan had meant.
"And? What's the more?"
"Curiosity killed the cat."
"Good thing I'm not a cat."
Jonathan smiled at the spunky woman who didn't seem to the type to back down easily. "I was engaged to be married, I found her in bed with my best friend. I wanted to get away from it all."
"Bummer."
"I thought so too." Jonathan agreed.
"So Ryan doesn't know you were coming into town?" Greenlee asked.
"No it was sort of spur of the moment caused by a broken heart I guess. I missed my brother and this was the idea that came to mind." Jonathan explained as he found himself wondering why so many questions.
"Ryan will be happy to see you. He'll be in a little later if you want to come back." Greenlee explained as she read over the messages in her hand again.
"I'll just wait."
Greenlee looked back up at his words, into his blue eyes. Seeing something she didn't understand, or didn't want to understand. "Ok." She said because she needed to break the silence. "What do you plan on doing here in town?"
"I'm not sure yet, I have a few ideas but nothing solid." Jonathan explained. "Are you happy with what you do here?" he asked as he gave the office a quick look.
"Yeah, why?" Greenlee asked when she sensed something else behind his words.
"It's just you look frustrated, unhappy."
Greenlee didn't like that he used the same two words she had been feeling. She didn't like that he pointed that out and they just met when people she had known for years didn't see it. "Business sometimes can be stressful but I'm happy with my job and my life." She told him.
Jonathan stayed silent for a few seconds before saying. "Are you convincing me of that, or yourself?"
Before Greenlee could react to the Ryan came through the doors.
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