Wild Nights With My Brother's Ex-Best Friend
“My brother would kill you, Roman. Hell, I shouldn’t even be here!”
He moves closer, blocking the exit. “He’s not here, and you’re not telling me to stop, Nikki. So, why don’t we stop lying to each other and admit the truth?"
I glare at him. My heart’s slamming against my chest. “Which is what exactly?”
A wicked smirk curves his lips. “That we want each other. Always have. No matter how badly we shouldn’t.”
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Ten years ago, I almost kissed the one guy I should’ve stayed away from, my brother’s best friend, Roman Hayes. But then he vanished from our lives and has somehow become the person my brother hates the most. I haven’t seen him in years.
The last place I expect to find him is at a high-end gala where I’m meeting potential sponsors for my charity, dressed in a ridiculously expensive suit and reeking of sin—and somehow, he might be the answer to all my prayers. But there’s a catch:
I’m not supposed to be anywhere near him, and the moment our eyes lock, I know I’ve made the biggest mistake of my entire life.
He’s my brother’s ex-best friend, after all, and there’s a spark between us that’s never been extinguished, and a truth neither of us wants to admit.
But some truths are darker than I could have possibly imagined, and some games are too wicked and wild to be entertained. This man might just destroy my life in ways I never saw coming…
And the worst part?
I’ll enjoy every second of it.
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Chapter: 046: The Bitter TruthNICOLEA few days later, I'm home.And I don't mean that crappy motel—I'm back living with Mason and Haley. He told me that if I refused, he'd never speak to me again, and this time, I believed him.Anyway, I didn't accept his offer simply because he forced me to say yes. I miss him. Miss them. They've been a major part of my life for so long.I haven't been able to properly cope without them.But though I'm happy to be home, I'm still devastated by everything that happened. Every time I think about the miscarriage, my heart breaks all over again and I'm overwhelmed with guilt. It doesn't even matter that Dan is in jail right now—I have this feeling, no, this certainty, that I lost the baby because I was so uncertain about the pregnancy to begin with.So, it was taken from me so I won't have to decide anymore.Of course, this isn't true at all. I'm just trying to hold onto any explanation that'll give this situation some sense, but that's just how life is. Things happen and there's no
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Chapter: 045: A Guilt That EatsROMANAs I leave the hospital, I feel this emptiness in my fucking chest that transports me right back to my adolescent years, when all I wanted to do was eat a fucking bullet to make it all go away.The pain. The anger. And most importantly—the meaninglessness of it all.Coming face-to-face with Mason Monroe after all this time was not on my bingo card for this year, but I didn't have a choice. I knew Nikki would need her family, and I guessed that something had happened between them when I found out that she was staying at that crappy motel.I sit in my car for the longest time, holding the steering wheel and trying to breathe. The past couple of days race through my mind. I think back to the damn fundraising event and how pissed I was that Nikki was hanging around Sebastian.The way the fucker looked at her was enough to make me spiral. I could read his intentions—they were as clear as day. And then, to make things worse, I saw the way she looked at him, too.It was my sign to stay
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Chapter: 044: Hospital RoomNICOLEThe first thing I notice when I peel my eyes open are the bright lights overheard.My vision is blurry, though. I have to blink several times to clear it. Then, all my senses return to me. I hear the endless beeping of a monitor, see the tiles of the ceiling, and when I turn my head to the side, I take note of the IV pole right beside my bed, which is surrounded by white curtains.I'm in a hospital?I try to move but my body is too numb for that. It's the strangest sensation in the world. It's like there should be pain, but there isn't any.The taste in my mouth is bitter. I try to sit up because this position is uncomfortable as heck, but fail. So, I stay put and wait for someone to come, but that doesn't happen because I end up falling asleep.I wake up to the sound of the curtains opening. Though my vision is once again blurry, I see a nurse standing over me."Hey there," she says gently. "You're okay. You're in the hospital."I try to sit up and she stops me by placing a ha
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Chapter: 043: Violent ReactionsNICOLEAs soon as I'm standing close enough to him, Dan takes my arm and starts dragging me away from the main area.I let him just because I don't want him to cause the scene he threatened me with, but his grip is going to leave bruises. I stare at the back of his head and imagine myself slapping him as hard as I can for putting me through this.How many times do we need to talk about this? Doesn't he understand the whole point of a breakup?At first, I felt sorry for him because I felt like I was the one who wronged him by surprising him with a breakup when there was nothing truly wrong about our relationship. I was just tired of how possessive and jealous he was. Otherwise, he was a pretty solid guy.But maybe that was a red flag in itself.Look what he's doing to me now!He drags me all the way to the lobby of the hotel we're in, then he keeps going. I endure him, waiting for us to be in private. I'm fuming at this point. Why would he try to ruin my evening in such a childish way?
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Chapter: 042: Vengeful ExesNICOLEI'm the first to look away, and by the time I return to my senses, Sebastian is several feet in front of me, and he hasn't even noticed that I stayed behind.Shame colors my cheeks because I've allowed myself to react to Roman's presence, and of course, he would've noticed that. How embarrassing.My life's been reduced to a humiliation ritual since I saw Roman that night.And it hasn't been the same since. God, when will I catch a break?I rejoin Sebastian's side and he says something to me that I completely miss because there's a storm in my mind now, and it's making so much noise that it's drowning everything out.But I won't look at Roman again. I'll put in the effort and do whatever is necessary.I. Won't. Look.From where I'm standing, the bastard has a good view of me. And I can just feel his eyes on me. It's so tempting to return the look and shoot daggers his way with my eyes, but I made a promise to myself and I have to at least try to keep it."Sounds great, doesn't i
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Chapter: 041: The FundraiserNICOLEIt's been a few weeks since that phone call.Yes, time is flying. I feel even more idiotic than I did before. And I'm still pregnant.I have to decide whether or not I'm going to keep the baby. I can't make a decision that will impact my whole life. And it isn't just me I'm thinking about—this baby deserves so much more than I can give it.I would've considered adoption if I weren't so terrified of what I read in the news and on social media platforms all the time about the abuse children suffer in foster homes. I can't bear the thought of a stranger hurting my child. It brings tears to my eyes.I'm seriously considering keeping the baby, even if it'll be raised in a broken home by a mother with mistakes big enough to fill the Atlantic Ocean. Maybe by then, I'll be changed. A better, stable person. Someone worthy of the title 'mom'.I don't know. I'm so torn and confused.It would've been so much easier if I had Mason in my corner. He would've given me the perfect advice, and I
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