Chasing Paradise (Chasing Series #3) by Pamela Ann Read Free Book Online Page B

meddling, you still want to see him? ”
    “ I know this angers you, but you must understand that he’s been my best friend since I was young. He was my rock, and at one point, he was my everything.”
    Bloody fuck! Will he ever go the fuck away? He was such a vile creature that my tongue couldn’t even manage to utter his name without my detonating. I loathed the man that much.
    Sienna cupped my face, slowly guiding it to meet her gorgeous eyes. “I love you. The depth of my feelings cannot be fully expressed because words aren’t enough. I know it’s not fair, however I have to ask something of you that will be extremely difficult to do. I want you both to get along and be civilized with one another.”
    “ Like bloody hell I would be conversing with that twit!” I grated out, growling as I slid off the bed, naked. The effervescent high I had been on after making love to Sienna had certainly worn off. She was asking for the impossible! In my blasted foul mood, I went inside my walk-in closet, pulling off a pair of black, drawstring pants and putting them on before striding towards the bedroom again.
    Sienna was still on the bed with the sheet barely concealing her nakedness, aggrieved at my reaction. “Blake?”
    Even when my insides were being wrung about, twisted like a bloody tornado, I still went to her side and gave her forehead a peck. “I’m going to be in my study.” I would quite possibly drown my sorrows away and murder Matthews in my head a million times while I was at it.
    “ Don’t shut me out, please. Don’t do this.”
    “ I need to think. I promise you, we’ll discuss this tonight.”
    She nodded in agreement. “I love you.”
    “ And I, you, mi amore.” Someway, I had to find a solution to this problem. Kyle Matthews being welcomed into my home, spending holidays with us, being a part of our lives. The thought was enough to put me into overdrive. I needed a drink to douse my body in liquid fire because I was going mad. This was one of the keys to making Sienna happy. I had to do what was best her. What was best for us. I knew this, yet I was still having a hard time capitulating to the very idea.
    Two hours later, I was still in my study, pondering what Sienna had bombarded me with as well as the major catastrophe that was Toby’s life.
    As for Kyle, even though he was the vile cretin who’d tried to break us apart, he was part of Sienna’s life before, so some way— somehow—I had to find a common ground to stand on with him and to put away the hatred that I felt for him, just to make Sienna happy. By far, this was the hardest thing I had ever considered, though for the woman I loved, I’d walk through Heaven and Hell just to put a smile on her face. As long as she was mine, as long as Kyle knew where he stood, I could somehow tolerate him, but only for a shortened amount of time.
    Toby, on the other hand, was a man who was simply lost. I understood his situation most because it felt like it had been just yesterday when Sienna had broken up with me and left for LA with Matthews. That feeling of dejection and worthlessness rotted you from the inside out and utterly poisoned your way of thinking. It was a wretched thing, however it happened to the best of us.
    Finally, I decided to retire for the night and join Sienna. I had promised that we’d speak tonight and I intended to fulfill that. Our relationship was shifting and I wanted it to be a mature one. We had played enough games to last a lifetime and I certainly did not want to carry that into our marriage.
    Entering our bedroom, she had lit a candle. The smell of roses in bloom was enticing to the senses. Smiling, I quickly glanced at the sleeping form on the mattress before going for a quick shower. Ten minutes later, I was ready to move past another hurdle.
    Pulling her against me, I breathed her in, knowing that my decision was the right one. Anything to make her happy, I would gladly do. “Sienna?”
    “ Babe,” she