Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

PART 5- CHAPTER 190 LUKE

I blinked, once, twice, trying to make sense of what I was seeing. Jess stood there, framed in the doorway, looking at me like I was the last person she ever expected to see. My brain couldn't keep up, couldn't grasp the fact that she was here- standing in my doorway, looking at me with those wide, shocked

eyes.

It was like time had slowed for a second, and all I could think about was how she looked. The way she'd always looked, really. Her face was the same, familiar and warm, stirring memories I'd tried hard to bury. And then my eyes drifted down, and I froze.

She was wearing that blue dress, the one that always drove me crazy. I could still remember the last time she wore it. We'd gotten caught in the rain that night, drenched through by the time

we made it back to my place. I'd peeled that dress off her soaked body, my hands trembling with every second, every kiss. We'd made love twice, surrounded by the sound of rain against the window, tangled up in each other until both of us passed out from exhaustion. But then my gaze shifted lower, and the memory shattered. There, stretching from her knee to her ankle, was a scar-

angry and pink against her skin. Bryan had done that to her, and every time I looked at it, it felt like another reminder of how I'd failed her. If I'd been there, if I'd kept my head on straight... if I'd done

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something right, he wouldn't have hurt her. That scar was as much my fault as it was his.

a whisper, like I was afraid saying her name too loud would

I couldn't move; I was rooted to the spot, paralyzed by the intensity of seeing her here, now. It felt like I

was scared that if I so much as breathed, I'd wake

"Earth to whoever the fuck you are..." she said, her words laced with irritation as she stepped between us, blocking Jess

addressed Jess directly. "Why are you staring at my fiancé?" she asked, her

saw Jess's face pale,

could see the shock in her expression, and I had to

all teeth. "Yeah, fiancé,"

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the word out. "What, he

came out. My mind was spinning, still caught between Jess and Francesca, the weight of all the things

And it felt like a knife twisting in my chest to see her look at me like that, so lost and hurt. I wanted to tell her the truth, to just reach out and pull her

too damn torn apart by seeing her

cut in, her voice dripping with satisfaction, "technically, I'm more than his fiancée." She placed her hand on her stomach, shooting Jess a triumphant look.

slack, the color draining as she stepped back. I watched the words sink in, watched her expression turn from shock to hurt, and it felt like a punch to my own gut. I wanted to tell her it wasn't true. Wanted to tell her she was wrong. But I just stood there, froz every word I'd rehearsed a thousand

out, to say something, anything to make this moment stop