Wild Nights With My Brother’s Ex-Best Friend novel Chapter 155

NICOLE

Roman looks surprised to see me, and of course, he’s surprised.

I’m wondering what the hell I’m doing here myself/ especially after everything he’s done to me. it was an impulsive decision. I got so mad at the photographs that I decided I had to confront this manipulative, shameless liar who I allowed to wreck my heart and my life.

When I left Angus’s office about half an hour ago, I didn’t know what to expect, or what I would find.

It definitely wasn’t this.

When I walked through the open door and saw a trench coat on the floor, my world fell apart right before my eyes.

The living area was empty, and I could hear their voices in the bedroom.

The asshole had someone over. That’s the thought that sprang to my mind.

Tears flooded my eyes, making it harder for me to see. wanted to turn around and leave. It was all true.

Everything Angus ever said about him was true. I was furious. I imagined him with the woman from the photograph. I wanted to kill him with my bare hands for turning me into a fool.I was about to leave, but changed my mind. Why? Why did I have to leave? To give him privacy with whatever skank he was with? I saw red as I headed toward the door, preparing myself for what I would see when I threw out open.

But as soon as I stood in front of his door, which was partially open, heard everything he told her.

Everything.

When she mentioned she was leaving, I hurried to hide in the bathroom. I waited for the sound of the front door to close, and now here l am, standing in front of him, not sure of what to do.

Roman turns around to face me fully. I should leave, but for some reason, I’m still here, with my aching heart and my mind full of doubts.

“How long have you been here?” he asks, finally breaking the silence.+

“Long enough to know you didn’t sleep with that woman, if that’s what you’re wondering.”

Roman inhales deeply.

I step closer to him, remembering the photographs. “Of course, that doesn’t mean you didn’t fuck other women.”

Roman narrows his eyes at me. “What’re you talking about?””You have a private investigator after me,” I say instead of answering him. “Why? To find out if I’m sleeping with Sebastian? Why bother when you already think I do?”

“How did you find out about that?”

I fold my arms. “You think you’re so sleek, don’t you? You told me you had nothing to do with Emeralda apart from the one-night stand that tied her to you. Yet, you were with her at the hospital, holding her hand the entire night!

Roman looks stunned at what I’m saying but he doesn’t try to defend himself. The longer I stand here facing him, the worse I feel.

* “It was complicated,” he finally answers in a low voice, like he’s ashamed of himself. “You don’t understand what she’s like, Nikki.”

I nod my head and fight back tears of anger and disappointment. How did we come to this? “What about the other woman? The one who kissed your cheek at that bar? What about the woman who was here minutes ago?”

Roman starts toward me slowly. “She means nothing to me. Nothing.”

I put a hand up. “Don’t come any closer, Roman.”

He stops, but there are only a few inches separating us. ” can’t be with anyone who isn’t you. I mean that. I wouldn’t touch that woman with a ten-foot pole. Esmeralda…she’sjust the mother of my child, one I never wanted to begin with. If I don’t do as she says, she causes a scene. Refuses treatment. I’ll be rid of her as soon as she gives birth, and we’ll never have to deal with her again. Her name will be forgotten.”

The tears I’ve been fighting so hard to hold back trail down my cheeks. I sniffle and wipe my face quickly with the back of my hand.

“I love you,” he states. “I don’t think I’ve said that enough. I love you, Nikki. I wouldn’t be with anyone else. Nobody completes me the way you do. Life makes no fucking sense without you! That’s why I lied. I couldn’t bear the thought of losing you. Fear…it does ugly things to people.

It certainly did something ugly to me.”

“It doesn’t matter,” I whisper. “A lie is a lie, Roman! How many more are you keeping? How am I supposed to trust you?”

He shakes his head. “I failed you. That’s the only explanation for all of this. I never proved to you how much I loved you —that’s why you’re doubting me now.”

“What’re you talking about?” I ask, irritated. “What does that have to do with any of this?”

“Do you think that any of these women you mentioned will ever mean anything to me the way you do? Nikki,” he grabs my arms and pulls me toward his hard body, “you’re everything to me, do you understand me?””Let me-”

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