Wreck Me (Corrupt Legacy Series #2)

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“I apologize for what I did.” She sounds truly regretful, and I can’t stand that sadness. If I could, I’d take it from her.

“Are you okay?” I ask, not wanting to believe she’s this sad because of me.

“You don’t have to worry about me. It is what it is,” she says, lifting her shoulders in a small dejected shrug, breaking my heart. “And I have Kaden and my friends.”

“Kaden, huh?”

Strange how my heart takes a deep dive into misery. I would have bet it was incapable of feeling loss anymore.

“You love him?”

“I do. He’s family. They are all my family.”

When the girl I want tells me she loves someone else, I should give up. Or I could do what I have done all my life: fight for what I want.

“I accept that. Friends?”

She lifts her gaze to me, looking back at me skeptically. “I’m already regretting giving in to this friendship.”

She might love him, but she wants me.

“Why? I’m harmless.”

“No, you’re not.”

She peels her hands from mine, taking the warmth and all that softness with her.

“See you around.”

I must be either stupid or reckless. By now, I think it’s a mix of both, but she said we’re friends. When lunchtime rolls around, I stride toward their table.

Kaden grumbles. “I hope you know what you’re doing,” he says to her, making me wonder what kind of relationship these two have.

“Dane’s my friend,” she replies, pulling me down to sit beside her. All eyes from the neighboring tables whip their heads from her to me and back.

“He’s trouble. I’m making sure he won’t cause any more,” she adds quickly.

While she and Kaden are in a staring match, making me even more confused about their relationship, Blake cocks his head. “You were unofficially the guest of honor. Where did you disappear to?”

“I spent my time way better.”

Abigail turns her face, trying to hide her smile, but I saw it.

I pull my phone out and show Blake the type of parties I’ve been to. From the A-list guest list to famous DJs and all the debauchery, that’s hard to top. With every video, his expression becomes more impressed.

“How are you adapting?” Bailey asks me while still looking at her phone.

“I expected worse. Instead, I found something unexpectedly good.”

Abigail looks at me as if trying to get inside of me. It’s disconcerting yet also soothing. Truly strange how she makes me feel. What she ignites in me could be even more dangerous than the fucking dark thoughts in my head.

“He’s disturbing the dynamics.”

Kaden is such a grumpy asshole.

“We should have been five anyway,” Blake says, and the air gets sucked from the room.

“Really, asshole?”


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