Forbidden (Addicted to You Book 2) by NJ Flatman Read Free Book Online Page B

heart. Hoped almost. The alternative was unbearable to think about.
     
    “With you,” she nodded her head, causing her hair to bounce against her shoulders. “It is definitely a choice.”
     
    I kept reminding myself that I was there for a reason. I needed answers. I had to know that everything was okay. I hoped to find out that maybe she’d been staying with Colby while she deals with her own feelings. Anything except the two worst possible scenarios.
     
    That she was hurt or that she was with someone else.
     
    Those were my biggest fears and the things that kept me up at night. Lying in the bed, on the verge of tears, praying to a God I had never believed existed, that she wasn’t somewhere hurting without me and praying even harder that she wasn’t somewhere lying with someone else.
     
    I wasn’t sure I could survive either one. In fact, I was pretty damned positive that I couldn’t. Which was why I had turned to the last person I wanted to talk to. Colby. The thought had been that her best friend would know what was going on. Her best friend would know where she was and how I could find her. The question was whether her best friend would tell me. Given that she hated me and all.
     
    “You really know how to boost a man’s self-esteem Colby,” I shot at her, unable to contain my annoyance even though I knew I needed to. If I wanted answers, I couldn’t piss off Colby. At least not any more than she was pissed off on a normal day.
     
    “Oh! Is there a man here?” her smirk and giggle were supposed to enhance the power of her remark, but I only found it childish and immature. She was showing the exact reason I didn’t date girls like her when I did choose to date. “I didn’t realize.”
     
    Everything in me wanted to turn and walk away. I wanted to get as far from her and the condescending comments as I could be. But at that moment she was my only potential connection to Avery. She was my only hope. The only resource I had to know that everything was okay. Without that knowledge, I was pretty damned sure I’d die.
     
    “Can we be serious for moment?” I teetered with a smart-ass comment of my own and decided that it was in my best interest to get right to the subject. Colby wasn’t just rude— she was vindictive. Even if she could help me, pissing her off would ensure she refused to.
     
    There was no love lost between the two of us. There never had been. Truth be known, we could stand outside her apartment and argue all fucking day. We could insult each other. We could swear, yell or laugh. It wouldn’t matter. Neither of us was going to change our minds.
     
    The point was to get to the truth. I had to get to Avery. I had to know that she was okay. And stopping the banter with Colby was the first step.
     
    “Funny,” she twisted her mouth. “I don’t recall you ever being serious about anything Spencer.” I saw the daggers in her eyes. Had they been real, I would have been dead in the hallway.
     
    “I know you don’t like me,” I had rehearsed this. Her reaction wasn’t a surprise. I’d expected it. So for two hours I’d sat in my car, outside my old apartment, rehearsing what I’d say to the bitch and forcing myself to go and face her.
     
    “That’s an understatement,” she rolled her eyes. “I don’t like mushrooms. I don’t like country music. I don’t like women who wear leggings as pants. But you Spencer,” she paused, as if she had to really think about what she was going to say. “I despise you.”
     
    “Well, as much as I’d love to stand here and get the long list of illogical reasons why you feel that way,” I shook my head, trying to clear the hateful words that wanted so badly to be spewed in her direction. “That isn’t why I am here.”
     
    “I didn’t assume it was,” she clenched her mouth tightly and her jawline hardened. “I assume this is yet another worthless attempt to convince Avery you were wrong and are a decent guy that will love