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A Goodbye

Author: Liz Barnet
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Hailey

"He's the one who told me everything," I said softly, watching Damien shoot deadly stares at Carter, who simply avoided his gaze and continued with his breakfast.

But the stares didn't stop. Damien looked like he wanted to kill Carter, and Carter looked like he was far too used to it to care.

"He basically did all of this to knock some sense into your head, Damien," I said again. "He never once tried to push you away from me. It was all part of his plan."

"I somehow find that very hard to believe," Damien muttered, taking a sip of his espresso, "He isn't that kind of an asshole. He's the kind who likes to fuck my life up."

"Well, obviously, years of hiding don't change the blackened hearts of some people," Carter said in a singsong, mocking tone as he reached for his sandwich—only for Damien to push it away.

"What exactly are you playing at, Cart

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  • New Brother    A Goodbye

    Hailey"He's the one who told me everything," I said softly, watching Damien shoot deadly stares at Carter, who simply avoided his gaze and continued with his breakfast.But the stares didn't stop. Damien looked like he wanted to kill Carter, and Carter looked like he was far too used to it to care."He basically did all of this to knock some sense into your head, Damien," I said again. "He never once tried to push you away from me. It was all part of his plan.""I somehow find that very hard to believe," Damien muttered, taking a sip of his espresso, "He isn't that kind of an asshole. He's the kind who likes to fuck my life up.""Well, obviously, years of hiding don't change the blackened hearts of some people," Carter said in a singsong, mocking tone as he reached for his sandwich—only for Damien to push it away."What exactly are you playing at, Cart

  • New Brother    After the dark Hours

    HaileyAs his car came to a halt, so did my heart. I watched him—he didn't even bother to park properly. He threw the door open and rushed out. His eyes first landed on Carter, then on me, and in that instant, all the anger I'd glimpsed in them just moments ago seemed to melt away. Of course, I had disappeared for an entire day—he had every right to be concerned, angry, or however he wanted to be.He strode toward me, his steps fast, controlled, and unflinching, his gaze locked on mine. Carter stepped aside with a small chuckle, "Guess you two need some privacy," and walked away, leaving us alone.The air around me felt tighter as he stopped before me.I knew what he'd been through was hellish—but that didn't give him the right to put me through what he had. I'd be mad at him for that... for a long, long time. But right now? Right now, I wanted to let him back. Back into my soul. Ba

  • New Brother    Finding Way Back

    HaileyIt didn’t take him even ten minutes to remind me about that night—and how, even if he hadn’t known about me and Damien, he would have figured everything out from my drunken, stupid confessions. That didn’t bother me. What did was realizing how much more I could have known about Carter all this time if I’d been a little more sober… or if my memory had actually served me.He wasn’t who he pretended to be. He wasn’t an ass.And maybe….Damien also wasn’t a monster.“Damien and I… we’ve been best friends since kindergarten,” he chuckled. “He was that sad, lonely kid, always troubled with his parents’ constant issues. And I was there through all of it—I saw how his mom preferred Coby’s money and left with it, signing a contract that she’d never meet Damien again. She left with her lov

  • New Brother    Digging The Graves

    Hailey"It's been the whole day," Carter spoke up as I cut into my steak, calm as if I hadn't dragged him out first thing this morning, telling him I needed to talk and assuring Mom I'd be out with him for the day. And now, it seemed, the day was slowly coming to an end.So the awkward conversation had to start, I guessed.Hell, but I didn’t want to start it."You aren't supposed to disturb someone while they're eating," I said, eyes still on my steak as I cut into it. "You should just enjoy your meal too." I basically had zero interest in food but I had to do something to keep the time passing anyways."Well, I've clearly enjoyed breakfast, a beach-side walk, lunch, a snack, a stupid animation movie, and now half of dinner with you—without even mentioning the purpose you said, if I remember correctly this morning, was—you needed to talk to me. Pro

  • New Brother    Confusion, Solution

    HaileyI didn't know how many times we'd made love last night, how many times he'd whispered that he loved me, how many times he kissed me and wiped away my pain—or how many times I told myself, in the morning, that I'd let it all go. But waking up in his bed, wrapped in his shirt, my scars carefully covered in ointment and bandages, I realized something: even the drugs Ricky used couldn't erase last night from my memory. He existed—Damien black still existed—will always exist—in every one of my fucking veins.The drugs didn't erase anything—Not the fact that Damien had made love to me, telling me he loved me again and again and making me feel like he meant it. Not the fact that Carter had been there when they rescued me, silently letting me walk away with Damien, fully aware of what I needed. I needed him. I needed Damien.How did he know?Did he know even when he refus

  • New Brother    Mending The Broken

    HaileyIt was no secret that Damien carried magic on his tongue—both the good kind and the dangerous kind. And right now, as he drew me closer and closer to the edge, I couldn't tell which magic this was—but it was magic nonetheless. A magic so potent it made me forget the wounds I carried, the pain I'd endured, the horrors I'd survived. Maybe he was magic himself but when had he ever let me get close enough to understand him fully?"Damien," I moaned, gripping his head tightly, my other hand brushing against the back of his neck, feeling a shiver ripple through me. And if I weren't wrong—a shiver passed through his spine as well. I felt it, against my skin, in my flesh.With ease, he found my sweet spot and lingered there, taking his time, as if with every stroke of his tongue there he was erasing all the pain I'd known. A selfish part of me wished he we

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