Falling for Trouble by Jenika Snow Read Free Book Online

right now.
    Putting
down the food was harder than shit, but not because it tasted bad. Kid could
cook, but because when the bacon and eggs hit his stomach, it felt like a lead
weight settling in for the winter. “Man, I feel like shit ran over. What the
hell happened last night?” Her head snapped up and her eyes grew wide. “Was I
that drunk?” Her lips parted like she was about to say something, but she
snapped them closed again. “I didn’t kick anyone’s ass, did I?” He did a quick
physical inventory and it came back that he had no injuries that would suggest
he got into a fight. Then it dawned on him. “Shit, Kid, you didn’t walk in on
me fucking some chick, did you?” A vivid image of tight, full breasts tipped
with dusky nipples slammed into his brain. Despite him feeling like crap, his
dick got hard, and that just made him feel like an even bigger prick.
    By
the stunned look on her face, Abe surmised she probably had caught him with
someone. It wasn’t like she cared who he fucked. Well, she never acted like it.
But the disgusted expression that crossed her face on more than one occasion
when she had found him and the girl he screwed that night naked, either in his
room, kitchen, or living room, had always ingrained itself in his mind. Yeah,
he was a shitty guy and an even shittier friend for putting her through that.
Of course his intention had never been to let her see his gritty inner life.
Where she was all good and sweet, he was futile and despicable.
    “I’m
sorry, Kid. I hate that I am such a crap friend to you.” He reached across the
table and took her hand in his. “I’m gonna do right by you, sweets, I promise.
You shouldn’t have to put up with my shit.” Truth be told, if Sophia said she
wanted him, that she felt a sliver of the emotions he felt for her, ones that
had nothing to do with being friends, he would change in a heartbeat. Yeah,
maybe if he changed on his own, she would see him as a man worthy of her love.
    He
saw tears swimming in her eyes and he frowned. “What’s wrong?” The hand holding
hers tightened but she drew it away and stood. Her head was shaking but she
didn’t say anything. Abe started to panic. “Sophia, what the hell is wrong? Did
someone hurt you?” Rage built inside of him. Had some prick messed with her
last night at the bar? He tried to recall everything that happened, but the
last thing he remembered was downing a shot and finishing his beer. After that
everything was black. “Sophia.” He stood and rounded the table, ignoring his
pounding head and cramping stomach. Abe gripped her shoulders and turned her
around.
    She
refused to look at him and his anger and panic grew. “Kid, did someone hurt
you? I’ll fucking kill them. Just tell me who it is, sweetheart.” His voice
rose and he feared he was scaring her. That wasn’t his intent, but adrenaline
rushed through his veins and his muscles tightened. She reached to grab her
purse off the counter. Before she headed out, she stopped and looked back at
him, tears still swimming in her eyes.
    “It’s
nothing, Abe. I’m just having one of those girlie moments. I’ll call you
later.” She headed out the door and a moment later he heard her car start and
fade away.

 
    Chapter
Six
     
    Two weeks later
     
    “Two
Buds, one shot of Jose, and a ruby slipper.”
    Sophia
filled the order that Tiny’s newest waitress, Bec, rattled off. It had been two
weeks since she slept with Abe, fourteen freaking days since she had given him her virginity and he had walked in the next
morning without remembering a damn thing. To say she had been hurt and
humiliated would be the understatement of the year. She had known he was drunk,
blitzed out of his mind, but when he had looked at her that night, touched and
kissed her, she would have sworn he had been looking at her . It was apparent she had just been the willing, convenient body
in his bed for the night.
    Setting
the drinks on Bec’s tray, Sophia looked