Read Online Take (Need #2) by K.I. Lynn, N. Isabelle Blanco - Free Book Online

bags to go to your girl.”
    I flinch. Knew this was coming.
    She’s not done. “You stood there, looked me in the eye, and you took that fucking call.”
    I remember. God help me, I do.
    “You told her, while staring at me, how much you missed her—”
    “I lied,” I mumble.
    “Did you?” She jams her finger into my chest. “Did you?”
    “Yes!” All I want is to hug her right now. Hug her tight. Somehow erase all the bullshit so I can get my sweet Kitty back.
    Fucking shit, it’s like I barely see her smile nowadays.
    “And when you went to her? How many times did you fuck her? How many times were you with her after that?”
    Too fucking many. “I had to think of you. Every damn time, I had to close my eyes and imagine it was you just to get through it.”
    She slaps me. “Fuck you, Brayden.”
    I grab her before she can storm into her room. “Hate me for it, but I loved you. Every minute that I was with her, every minute that I wasn’t, I still loved you.”
    “You don’t know how to love, then.”
    “You’re right. You’re so fucking right, baby.” I want to run my fingers over her skin, comfort her, but all I can do is offer her the truth. “I had no idea how to love you. I know that.”
    She’s silent as she contemplates what I’ve just told her. What seems like sympathy flashes in her eyes. “Your parents fucked with your head growing up, I get that. But you had no right to fuck with me.”
    “You’re right.”
    “I fucking cared about you so much. Forget what I felt for you as a girl, I was your friend , you asshole.”
    I would love to fall to my knees and beg her forgiveness. Would, too, if I thought it would help in the slightest. “I know. I know . That’s why, no matter how much you feel you need to hurt me, I’ll still be here. I’m not going anywhere.”
    She murmurs my name sadly, eyes glittering with unshed tears.
    Needing something—anything—I reach for her and pull her into my arms.
    She lets me, but she doesn’t hug me back.
    “I mean it. Do everything you want to me, hurt me any way you want. Hell, I want you to. Maybe then it’ll make the guilt a little easier for me.”
    “You’re a masochist,” she mumbles into my chest.
    I smile and kiss the top of her head. “Yeah. Especially when it comes to you.” No response. Sighing, I hug her tighter. “You can do whatever you want to me, and I’d still forgive you.”
    “Because you hurt me.”
    “And because I adore you.” In my mind, she’s my girl, no matter what happens. I can’t undo the thought, was never able to. And in my mind, she’s still my best friend, even if I’m no longer considered hers.
    “You’d forgive me anything? What if I decide I want to be with Austin?”
    “You’re so good at hurting me with that.” She tenses. “He was once my friend, Kira.”
    A fact she was very aware of when she decided to give herself to him. The one boundary I never crossed. The one boundary I’m damn sure I never would have. I would have never gone after any of her friends.
    Kira pushes at my chest.
    I move back slowly. “It’s okay if you chose him that one time. I get it. I forgave you for it the moment I found out.” Her, yes. Him? Never. I can’t.
    Her beautiful, sad eyes stare up into mine. “And if I decide to give him a chance?”
    “I’ll forgive you for that, too.” No clue how I’ll stop myself from trying to kill him, though. “I’ll wait for you. I just . . .”
    “You just what?”
    Fuck. Does she understand how hard this is for me right now? “I need to know I’ll have you someday.” My brain can’t even begin to imagine an entire life without her. Never could. I just fooled myself into thinking it was possible once.
    I watch her, trying to read what’s going through her mind.
    And I get nothing but her pain.
    Kira starts heading into her room. Against my will, I make no move to reach out for her.
    At her door, she stops. “Let me know if you need help unloading your