Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 60940 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60940 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Chance appeared as if he was ready to strike and attack, taking no prisoners.
“Let’s all calm down, okay? This isn’t helping anything.”
Chance considered what I was saying before his anger quickly turned to rage, and all the color drained from his face as he stared at Ledger like he was nothing more than a piece of shit who impregnated his twin sister.
The years of hoping this would happen as a teenager were finally there, in a moment I least expected it. I didn’t know what to say or do to make this alright between them and all of us.
This was the first time in eleven years we were all together like this, and I never imagined it’d come to this.
“Chance, please,” I begged for I don’t know what.
Ledger didn’t waver, simply admitting, “We slept together the night I was in New York.”
Everything happened so fast, yet it still felt like it played out in slow motion.
“Chance, no!” I screamed as his fist slammed into Ledger’s jaw, causing his body to whoosh back from the impact of his forceful blow.
Ledger caught his balance, stumbling around for a second, while I stared with a wide, petrified gaze back and forth between them, not knowing who to focus on more. Ledger found his bearings, massaging his jaw and moving it around.
“You’re my best friend!” Chance growled, roughly shoving him back with so much force. “How could you do this to her?”
I’d never seen my brother so mad before, scaring the absolute shit out of me.
But it wasn’t until Ledger responded, “Chance, I lost your sister once because of you, and it’s never happening again,” that I truly almost fell to the ground.
He didn’t stop there, speaking with conviction, “I’ve wasted over a decade of not being with her for my loyalty to you and our friendship, and I refuse to do it anymore. I kicked her out of my life after my mother’s funeral, and I’ve lived to regret it every day since. I’m the first to admit I fucked up, and I’ll have to deal with that for the rest of my life. I’ll apologize as many times as I need to in order to make things right between us, but don’t think for one second that I’ll ever apologize for getting her pregnant. Do you understand me?”
My head wasn’t spinning, barely keeping up with what was happening and what Ledger declared. I desperately wanted to stop him, but I couldn’t get my lips to move, to speak, to do anything other than watch with an open mouth because of what he was admitting.
I didn’t know what to think, let alone how to feel. He shared all this information, and he didn’t stop there…
Ledger
This was the only way to finally get over our past and move into our future. I was tired of all this bullshit, so I took matters into my own hands.
I was back in control, and it was the only reason I wasn’t losing my temper with the man who was my best friend. He had every right to be furious, but we couldn’t do anything to change our situation.
I didn’t regret a second of that night. Despite how she fucked me over, I’d do it again. We made a baby, and I’d never have guilt over that. In my mind, this was the best thing that could have happened.
I was ready to fight for her.
For us.
No matter what, she was mine. Even if I had to prove it to both of them. Man to man, we’d have it out, regardless of the outcome. I was grateful that my old bedroom was the farthest away from everyone at the party. Although, my family knew better and gave us the privacy we deserved.
“Don’t fucking try me, Ledger! Not right now!” Chance spew with a menacing tone, drawing my attention back to the present, where I willingly put myself on the line.
For her and our child.
“Or what?” I challenged, arching an eyebrow. “You’re going to hit me again? Then just fucking do it! Hit me! Hit me as many goddamn times as you want! If that’s what it will take to make you realize we’re having a baby and you’re going to be an uncle.”
He pushed me, and since I was expecting it, I didn’t budge.
“I thought you were my best friend!” He pushed me again. “I thought you were my brother!”
“I know, but we’re not kids anymore! We’re all grown-ass adults!”
“You think that matters to me? I don’t give a shit if we’re eighteen or eighty!”
“Chance, please,” she coaxed.
“Hazel, stay out of it! This is between me and your brother.”
“Actually, this absolutely involves me! I’m the one who’s pregnant, and this isn’t good for the baby!”
“I have to find out like this?” Chance questioned with a pained expression. “What now? Huh? How long have you been fucking my sister behind my back?”