All Chapters of Taken By My Brother's Dangerous Best Friend: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

"A year. A whole year Harmon made sure we wanted for nothing. He didn't help pay the bills, Olive. He took them over completely. I was nineteen. Sandra was falling apart at the seams and Edward left us with nothing but debts. I could not support a household and pay for business school while starting a company. Harmon was the one that kept the lights on Olivia, not me," Billy confessed with a heavy sigh, shame in voice as he revealed this long hidden truth to me. I knew Billy wouldn't lie to me, proud man that he was, but I spiraled anyway. "No. Edward sent monthly checks. He left, but he still took care of us," I said with a shriek, flat out rejecting the idea that I could mean so little to my own father. "No, baby girl. We said what we had to so your mom could save face. So you didn't lose your relationship with her too. I will be damned if I let this snake slither back into your life without you knowing the whole truth though. He walked away, Olivia. Completely. No money. No con

No sooner had I spoken the words than a woman came charging at our table with two children in tow. One on her hip and the other holding her hand. She couldn't have been much older than Billy and Chance. "This is a new low, even for you, Edward Hunter. She's like a million years old. Ew. At least pick someone younger if you're going to cheat on your pregnant wife," she said, shifting the baby's weight to grab a wine glass and throw the drink into his face, then she turned her gaze on me and sized me up. "Or are you the tart of the moment?" "Thank fucking heaven, no. Divorced, eh? He was my father once. Then he left. Now that man is my father," I said, pointing at Billy with pride. "You raised me, Billy. You did right by me. I'm so proud to be your kid," I said with a lump in my throat. "You don't need to explain to me how you did it. It only matters that you showed up." "Family shows up," Billy said, his voice thick with emotion. "No exceptions," Chance added. "Who is she?" Sandra

Seamless and smooth as always, Chance had our drinks topped up without me realising he had placed the order. It was a small kindness, but fuck if I wasn't grateful when he handed me the wine glass and said, "Drink." "You don't need my blessing, Harmon. I always figured she'd marry you. Fuck knows you treat her like a wife enough as it is. I hate the fucking lamps, but they're the only things that get her through storms," said Sandra, accepting her glass from Chance. "Hell mom, some surprise would have been nice. Am I the only one that didn't know?" Billy asked, annoyed with my mother's warm reception of the news. I, on the other hand, was over the moon. Sandra reacting poorly would not have changed my answer, but despite everything, I loved my mother. All I wanted was for people to be happy for us. "Bullshit, you didn't know. You knew," I said to Billy with a scoff. "With all due respect, Mrs. Hunter, I wasn't asking for your blessing. Only Will gets that courtesy. I was m

In an attempt to stay present in the moment, I pushed the doubts and insecurities aside and forced my unsteady body forward, towards my sister. Olivia followed suit, with me clinging to her hand as hard as she was to mine. Ren laid so still, I had to check for a pulse and hold a hand in front of her mouth to check if she was even alive. Her pulse was thready. Her breaths were shallow against the skin of my hand."Move," someone screamed into my ear, moments before I was shoved aside with Olivia in tow as EMTs went to work trying to save Ren. The person to move us out of the way was Jack, who was of the fortunate few still standing. He showed me his phone, where he had typed a message for me. NEED TO MOVE. NOT SAFE. PERIMETER COMPROMISED. SHOOTER STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.I nodded and blindly followed my old friend, thinking only of Olivia and her safety. Again and again the same thing went through my head. Protect her first. No matter the cost. "What about Ren?" Olivia screamed to b

"No talking. Just fucking," I said, slamming my lips into Chance's. He kept his word about never denying me again, his lips capturing and recapturing mine passionately. Reassuring pants were traded between us, the sound of him breathing as we made out soothing me.So caught up was I in claiming his mouth for my pleasure and consolation that I didn't realize he'd crossed the bunker. Only when he detached from me so he could lay me down carefully on the bed did I realize we had moved away from the living area. "I need you inside me. Nothing else," I said urgently, reaching for his towel while he crawled in between my legs. "Daddy's ready to give you whatever you want, Persephone. Let me worship your body. Love you endlessly," he said, placing a featherlight kiss on my lips while evading my hand, preventing me from undoing his towel. Desperate yearning and need to be held and cared for began as a tiny ripple in my core. "What if Ren dies?" I blubbered, unable to help the survivor's