There hasn’t been any occasion where I doubted the stuff she’d told me. I’ve witnessed her anxiety up close, and her vulnerability always made me want to wrap her in cotton wool and protect her from the outside world.
Until now.
Now, I’m beginning to wonder if I haven’t been an even bigger fool.
“Don’t fucking look at him,” I snarl. “Or is he your new savior?”
“Back off, man,” the nerd says, attempting to stare me out of it.
I push my chest into his, pleased that I tower over him, and shove him back a few steps. “Fuck you.”
“Keanu, please.” Selena touches my arm.
“Don’t touch me!” I snap, turning around to face her and instantly regretting it, because we’re way too close, and it’s the worst form of torture.
Hell.
Why does she have to be so completely and utterly stunning? And why does she insist on looking at me with those beautiful hazel eyes, pleading with me to understand?
“I know you’re angry with me, but please don’t take it out on Todd,” she quietly beseeches.
“Todd.” I snort. “Figures.” Asshole name if ever I heard one.
“Don’t be mean, K. Please.”
“Leave us alone,” Todd says, brushing past me and pulling Selena off to the side.
A raging jealous beast possesses my body, and I glare at both of them, torn between wanting to pummel my fists into his smug face and longing to grab her into my arms and kiss the shit out of her until she remembers she’s mine. But I do neither. I tap into my inner Kent instead, because jerk mode requires little effort when I’m trashed. “It’s like that, I see. You fucking him? Huh, Sel? Did you spread your legs for him the minute you kicked my ass to the curb? Or were you fucking him behind my back?”
“Keanu. No. Stop. Please.” Her voice is barely louder than a whisper, and her lower lip wobbles.
“No.” I fold my arms and stare at the girl who was once my everything. “I want to know why I wasted years waiting for you. Supporting you. Helping you. Loving you. And for what?” I throw my hands in the air as Kent smirks. Of course, he’d approve of the dramatics—he practically invented the word. “So you could dump me and start fucking around? How are you even here? Was everything a fucking lie?” I roar that last part, and several heads turn in our direction.
Tears pool in Selena’s eyes, and she looks crestfallen. I instantly feel like the biggest dick. But I’m hurting so bad. I don’t want to believe she used me, but that’s what it’s starting to seem like, and I can’t handle that.
“Did I ever mean anything to you, or was it just convenient to lean on me?” I ask in a softer tone, because I’m still clueless as to what I did wrong. How it all fell apart.
“Of course, you meant something to me,” she cries, her tone impassioned. “How can you even question that?”
“Because you tossed me away like I didn’t matter.”
“No, Keanu. That is not what happened.” She adamantly shakes her head.
Kent snorts, but I ignore him. “Then enlighten me because I still don’t fucking know how we ended up here.”
She steps closer, tipping her chin up, and her gorgeous eyes radiate with determination. “I loved you enough to know I had to set you free.”
Kent fakes a cough, muttering, “Bullshit” under his breath.
“I didn’t want to be set free,” I pathetically murmur.
“I’m sorry you’re hurting, K. Genuinely, I am, because you’re the last person I ever wanted to hurt. Someday, you’ll understand why I did what I did, and you’ll realize I did the right thing.”
I reach out and cup her beautiful face, knowing I’ll pay for this later, but unable to stop myself. “I miss you so fucking much, Sel. I can hardly breathe.” My chest tightens, and a lump the size of a football clogs my throat.
A lone tear treks down her face. “I miss you too, K. Every single day.” She places her hand over mine, smiling for a second before she pulls away from me. “But it changes nothing. We can’t be together. I’m sorry.”
Then she gestures to Todd, and they walk off together, leaving my heart ripped apart all over again.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Releasing Keanu is slated for publication in May 2019.
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USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis writes emotionally intense young adult and new adult fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She is the author of the international bestselling True Calling, Saven, and Kennedy Boys series.
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Books by Siobhan Davis
TRUE CALLING SERIES
Young Adult Science Fiction/Dystopian Romance
True Calling
Lovestruck
Beyond Reach
Light of a Thousand Stars
Destiny Rising
Short Story Collection
True Calling Series Collection
SAVEN SERIES
Young Adult Science Fiction/Paranormal Romance
Saven Deception
Logan
Saven Disclosure
Saven Denial
Saven Defiance
Axton
Saven Deliverance
Saven: The Complete Series
KENNEDY BOYS SERIES
Upper Young Adult/New Adult Contemporary Romance
Finding Kyler
Losing Kyler
Keeping Kyler
The Irish Getaway
Loving Kalvin
Saving Brad
Seducing Kaden
Forgiving Keven
Releasing Keanu^
Adoring Keaton*
Reforming Kent*
STANDALONES
New Adult Contemporary Romance
Inseparable
Incognito
When Forever Changes
Only Ever You^
No Feelings Involved^
Reverse Harem Contemporary Romance
Surviving Amber Springs
ALINTHIA SERIES
Upper YA/NA Paranormal Romance/Reverse Harem
The Lost Savior
The Secret Heir
The Warrior Princess
The Chosen One^
^Releasing 2019
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