Chapters (42)
- Cover
- Painful
- Books By S.C. Stephens
- Dedication
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
Shock and disgust flooded through me. She actually thought I would do that? “You think I knew that I was going to break up with you before I slept with you? You think I’d even touch you if I knew what I know now!” My eyes flashed to her stomach as rage boiled inside me. How the fuck could she accuse me of that after what she did?
Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment…or anger. “And what the hell do you think you know!”
I backed away from her, disbelieving her absolute refusal to tell me her real secret. “You still can’t be honest, can you?” Fine. Then I’ll be honest for you…bitch. “I saw, Kiera. I saw the tests…the positive tests.” Hurt tried to find a way through my cracks; I forced it down as I took a step toward her. “You shoved them in my drawer, with my clothes, just so I’d find them! Did you really think I’d stick around once I did?”
Her jaw dropped and her face paled. Yeah…got you. Tests don’t lie…just you. She took a step back. “What are you talking about?” she asked.
Oh my fucking God. Still? Still, she was going to refuse to admit that she… “I know you’re fucking pregnant, Kiera, so stop acting like you’re fucking innocent!”
She stared at me, stunned silent for a second, then she had the nerve to start shaking her head. Defiant to the very fucking end. I didn’t let her speak. “Don’t even try to deny it now. Not now, now that you know I know. Admit it, Kiera. Admit the truth…for once in your life.”
It had taken her so long to be honest with me, to admit she loved me, and now…now I wasn’t sure if that was even true. If she loved me, how could she do this to me? She lied about Denny being in town, and she was lying about this too. She’d fucked him…and now I was fucked. The cracks in my armor started widening, allowing more and more acidic pain to seep inside, and I felt my expression shift from rage to grief. Holding onto the anger was getting harder and harder the longer she stayed here, tormenting me.
Kiera helped restoke the angry flame though. She shook her head, still fucking denying it. “Kellan, no, Denny and I didn’t—”