Semua Bab Pucking Around With My StepBrother : Bab 21 - Bab 24

AVA “Mira, please wait,” I called out, my voice pleading. But she didn’t stop. “Mira, can you please let me explain?”She turned. “Explain what?” She spat. “How you’ve been lying to my face for God knows how long? Or how you have even been pretending?”“I…”“Save it, Ava, you had all the time to tell me, but you chose to keep it,” she interrupted, walking off.I followed her because I understood why she was hurt. We’d been best friends since we were five. We never kept secrets from each other, and I managed to keep this very vital information about myself from her.I caught up with her, holding her hands. “Just let me talk,” I said. “Please”.She folded her arms beneath her chest with a huff, actually willing to listen. “Tell me. And it better be a very reasonable excuse.”“I wanted to tell you.”“Wanted to? Ava, that’s what people say after they’ve already been caught. Besides, when? Before or after the whole school found out?”“I swear it's not like that.”“Then what is it like?

AVAI had no idea where the bathroom was.“Thanks for walking me,” I said with a smile as we stepped back into the hallway. “I would’ve probably ended up in someone’s bedroom.”Reid chuckled. “My pleasure. At least I finally got to have an actual conversation with you.”“You make it sound like I’m hard to talk to.”You kind of are.” He muttered. “Not because you’re hard to talk to. We just never seem to finish a conversation.”Silence settled between us for a moment. My eyes wandered around the room, searching for Mira. She had excused herself minutes ago, but there was still no sign of her.And then…my eyes searched for someone else.Caden.He had been seated on the couch all night, but now…he was nowhere in sight.I exhaled sharply, returning my gaze to Reid. “I should probably go look for Mira.”He arched his brows. “You sure she didn’t ditch you?”I shook my head. “Mira wouldn’t—”My phone vibrated before I could finish my sentence. Mira: Emergency!!! I had to rush back to schoo