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Chapters (42)
  1. Cover
  2. Painful
  3. Books By S.C. Stephens
  4. Dedication
  5. Chapter 1
  6. Chapter 2
  7. Chapter 3
  8. Chapter 4
  9. Chapter 5
  10. Chapter 6
  11. Chapter 7
  12. Chapter 8
  13. Chapter 9
  14. Chapter 10
  15. Chapter 11
  16. Chapter 12
  17. Chapter 13
  18. Chapter 14
  19. Chapter 15
  20. Chapter 16
  21. Chapter 17
  22. Chapter 18
  23. Chapter 19
  24. Chapter 20
  25. Chapter 21
  26. Chapter 22
  27. Chapter 23
  28. Chapter 24
  29. Chapter 25
  30. Chapter 26
  31. Chapter 27
  32. Chapter 28
  33. Chapter 29
  34. Chapter 30
  35. Chapter 31
  36. Chapter 32
  37. Chapter 33
  38. Chapter 34
  39. Chapter 35
  40. Chapter 36
  41. Acknowledgments
  42. 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—”