Page 52 of Rejected Pretend Mate

I nodded. "I think so. Either way, I'm the luckiest bastard to walk this planet if she does after how I left her. I don't deserveher. I know that this is messy, but I don't care. She is the best thing that ever happened to me."

She sighed softly as she nodded her head. "I get it. Cayden says the same thing. That he also didn't deserve me, yet he got me. The world works in weird ways.”

“You are taking this a lot better than Cayden did. I was expecting you to be screaming at me.”

She snorted. “No, I know April. She seems…happier with you. Just as long as you keep your dick in your pants at outings, you’d be perfect.”

I scowled. “Really?”

She laughed. " The guys said you were a horn dog that couldn't be satiated. And your closet act didn’t help with that.”

I waved a hand. "Jesus Christ, I'm not an animal. I do have a mind and everything."

She smirked. "Sorry. I couldn’t help it."

She pushed off the counter and rounded the island, taking a seat next to me. "Promise me you'll take care of her. And that no matter what, you won't leave her."

I looked at Riley and gave her a smile. "I'll treat her like an angel she is. I don't plan on losing her."

She shook her head. "No, promise me you'll take better care of her. Tell me, even if you guys don't work out, you'll still be there. That you won't treat her any differently." She placed her hand on her stomach. "I want to be there, but I can't. Our relationship has changed since I got married and pregnant. And if she won't tell me anything, I want to make sure she tells someone she has someone."

I could see the sorrow in her eyes.

"You're still her best friend."

She snorted, elbowing me in the side. "I will always be her best friend, but I'm not the person she runs to and tells her secrets. So, you have to promise me you'll be that person."

"What makes you think she isn't telling you secrets?"

She looked back at her stomach. "She didn't tell me you guys slept together. She didn't tell me about the past relationship you had."

I could understand that. If word got to Cayden, she would be scared of what would happen. "Well, maybe she was afraid you'd tell Cayden."

She shook her head. "No. That wouldn't matter. She would have told me. She told me she kissed my ex in high school, so there really isn't anything she would hold back unless she felt I didn't trust her."

"Do you trust her?"

She nodded. "Yeah, with my life." She sighed heavily, leaning forward, and pressed her forehead against the counter. "When did things become so messy? I miss when we were little, and the world wasn't so difficult."

"Somewhere around adolescence is when everyone decided we were adult enough to handle the truth. The world sucks."

She snorted, looking at me. "You're funny, Weslie." She pulled herself back up and knitted her fingers together. "And give Cayden time to adjust. Ever since he left the pack, he's felt guilt about everything. He felt responsible for everything that happened to me; the other day, he felt like he failed to protect April. I know he has a bit of anger right now, but it's at you. It's at himself."

"Do you honestly think I would just sleep with her? Does he honestly think that?"

She shook her head. "No…I know April, and she would never do that unless she really wanted to, and even as mad as Cayden is, I think he knew that you wouldn't cross that line unless you really cared about April."

"Doesn't feel like that," I said, rubbing my face. "I think he wants me dead."

"Give him time," she said, placing her hand on mine. "And don't break her heart."

"I won't."

She smiled. "Good, I'd hate to have to take you out when I'm starting to like you."

I laughed and felt a little better. I looked around the space. "You guys have a lot of stuff packed up. Are you guys ready for this move?"

She nodded. "I am. I'm nervous, but it will be good for us." She rubbed her hands over her stomach. "It's a step forward and in the right direction. We need this."

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