All Chapters of Dear best friend's brother, kiss me while you can: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

☆☆SUMMER'S POV☆☆ 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Wise men say only fools rush in. Damn! They were right. Because what the fuck have I rushed into? I’ve fallen into a bottomless pit called you, Hayden. I bend and break each time I think of you. You control me more than you’ll ever know. And I like it that way. What if all I need is you? ………. Hayden left, but his scent stayed. And… there was something else. I jolted out of my thoughts when I saw a white corner peeking out from under the pillow where he’d slept. I lifted it. A note. And a pack of emergency contraceptives. Of course. Of fucking course. To think I was going to study neuroscience and yet forgot the most basic biological fact: I could get pregnant. He came inside me. We didn’t use protection. I had no second thought when I let him inside me. Raw and entirely…him. Now, I had a part of Hayden inside me. The thought made me squeak. I felt a rush of excitement flush my cheeks. My heart knocked hard against my ribs as I picked up th

♧♧JAKE’S POV♧♧ She was lying to me. I could see it in her hands. In her mouth. In the way her fingers played with the edge of the blanket like she needed something to hold onto—anything but me. Summer never lied to me. Not when she broke her wrist falling off a tree in fifth grade. Not even when she kissed Dean behind the gym sophomore year and ran to my house crying about it. She always came clean. Until now. Since I got here, everything about her had been twitchy. Like someone trying to scrub blood off a white shirt and hoping no one notices the stain. She laughed when I teased her. She smiled when Agnes talked. But her eyes weren’t laughing. Her shoulders weren’t relaxed. Her breath wasn’t steady. I knew her. I’ve always known her. Which is why something was wrong. And boy, was I glad when Keith “intentionally” locked the door earlier. He was messy, sure—but not paranoid. But today, he got paranoid because of a stupid bet he lost. So yeah, I climbed the tree and peered throu

☆☆SUMMER’S POV☆☆Jake? No. That wasn’t possible. Not my Jake. Not the guy who I’ve known since I was seven—my best friend. Jake had been nothing but sweet, Kind, and innocent. He would never hurt a fly. But Maxine’s words hung in the air, thick and poisonous.“Did you tell him to do it?” She looked at me. “You asked him to kill Merissa, didn’t you? Or was it me you wanted dead? Or Dean? Which one of us? All of us?”“You’re insane.” I blurted out.She laughed. My whole body shuddered as my blood turned cold. I couldn’t believe she had gone this mad. She looked straight at Jake like she could bore through him. Then her voice rang out, slicing the silence like a scream.“It was you. You planned the whole damn thing. Summer must have helped you somehow. You wanted to kill Merissa.”“Jake would never do that.”Just then I realized Jake hadn’t said a word. He just stared. I noticed his fists clenched at his sides. My mind raced. Could it be true? Of course not. Jake had never done anything

☆☆SUMMER'S POV☆☆I said yes to Hayden. No—I didn’t say anything. I just nodded like a lizard. Then he leaned back into his seat. Buckled. And hit the gears again. I had just agreed to being ruined. When would I ever say no?I hadn’t felt this free in months.The second my hoodie came off, I felt lighter. Like I’d left all the weight behind with the town sign as we drove past it. Just me, a tank top, and the wind against my skin. It was dark out, but it felt like the first time I was really being seen.Hayden didn’t talk much. He just stared.The radio played some dumb old song Jake and I used to scream-sing on the school bus. I sang it again—this time off-key, loud. And I laughed. I saw Hayden smile.When I leaned out the window, let the wind slap my hair across my face, I felt untouchable. Almost like an immortal. Like I could be anything if I wasn’t trapped in my mind, my past, or my skin. I tied my hair up into a bun and caught Hayden looking again. “Got anything edible?” I asked.

☆☆SUMMER’S POV☆☆ Dad was so happy when I got home. He already had my suitcase in the trunk. Jake was at home too. Said his parents were too busy to see him off at the airport. Not that they would see him off even if they were available. His granny and mom went to the spa. So, my dad was taking us. He cleared his entire schedule today just to see us off. Keith was also home. I glanced around my room for a moment, taking in the view, and breathing in the air I knew I was going to miss. I shut the door and left. No one spoke in the car for the next few minutes. The silence was loud. Keith should’ve been fighting with me over who got to pick the next music playlist for the drive, but he sat silently in the backseat with Jake. Then Dad cleared his throat. “Got everything you need, Bunny?” “Mhmm,” I mumbled, nodding. “You think you forgot anything? Maybe we can go back?” “No, Dad. I got everything I need. I’ve been preparing for weeks. I didn’t forget anything.” “Are you s