Yours Book 2: Gaining Experience (Yours Series) by Blue Saffire Read Free Book Online Page B

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    “I kissed someone,” I whisper. “It…it…I…I didn’t kiss him back, but I let him kiss me.”

Chapter 6
Change
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    I feel like someone just punched me through my chest. I hear her words, but they don’t make sense. I feel the blood pounding in my ears and they are ringing. I was with her when she explained her need to play again.
    I got where she was coming from. I just wanted her to see that I have never tried to take her choices. I have only ever wanted to give her what makes her happy. Yes, for a moment her words stunned me as I thought of taking her in the elevator, but I know that we were both in it together. Sephora responded to my touch just as she always does.
    I felt like a bastard for not waiting until after we were home and after we settled things, but I know I did nothing Sephora didn’t want or need. However, this. The words that have just fallen from her lips that cut me at the throat are like quick sand in the middle of my home.
    I lift back to the balls of my feet and place a firm grip on her thighs. I duck my head to look up into her eyes as she tries to duck away from me. Tears start to track down her cheeks.
    “Can you repeat that for me,” I say with a deceptive calm.
    “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know what to believe. I thought…I thought Jillian was telling the truth. He is just a friend. No one makes me feel like you do,” she sobs as I look into her eyes.
    “Mark?” I growl.
    She shakes her head and rolls her eyes. “No, ha, God no, Mark practically hates me now. I just keep messing things up with the men I care about.”
    “Who,” I hiss feeling murderous.
    “Does it matter? I’m so sorry, Nick,” she whimpers.
    “Yes. It. Matters,” I ground out.
    “It was a harmless kiss, Nick,” she whines.
    “Then me knowing who kissed you is harmless,” I snort.
    “Ryan,” she whispers.
    I let the name float through my head. Sephora has no idea how much I really know about her life. I have been watching her from a distance for four years. It only takes a few seconds for the name to click into place.
    I remember being concerned when she first met two of the Black brothers. I know Wyatt Black personally. I know of their reputations. I also know how women also know of their reputation, but insist on falling at their feet anyway.
    I was relieved to see that nothing much came of their meeting, but now I see that I may have been wrong. I once had conflicting feelings about Sephora’s lack of social life. Now, as I grind my teeth to remain in control, I wish I could have kept her away from any human with a cock between their legs.
    I’m going to beat the shit out of Ryan Black. My blood boils even more as I realize at least one of the Blacks knew where Sephora was when I asked for help. I received a text from Johnathan that they were shorthanded and couldn’t take the case.
    “Motherfucker,” I mutter.
    “Nick, they’re my friends. They were trying to keep me safe,” Sephora says as if she can read my thoughts. “I didn’t tell anyone what was going on.”
    I don’t reply. I turn away from her as my jaw works under my skin. The thought of another man with his hands on her. Knowing she allowed another man to kiss her, is destroying me inside.
    “Nick,” she says my name as she touches my jaw with her hand that is still clutching the bow tight. “It meant nothing. I’m sorry. I never should have run. I should have stayed and demanded the truth. I’m so sorry.”
    I turn back to her and just stare. I knew something had changed. Now that I know what, I can’t see straight. What was once mine and mine only has been touched by another. My possessiveness of this woman consumes me and the need to claim her burns in my veins, but just taking her isn’t enough.
    I need her to know why she is mine. Why she should never have questioned me. Why I see her as the most beautiful woman in the world and will for the rest of my life.
    I move forward, leaning into her until my