Page 76 of Worth the Risk

Checking the bathroom, I realize she’s not here and head out to the living room.

“Where’s Kylie?” I ask Amber.

“Leo, I’m so sorry, but I have to tell you something.”

“Spit it out. I need to find Kylie.”

“I’m sorry to tell you this, and I hate myself for having to say it, but last night, after Beth told Kylie about you two, she was mad. She went to your room. I heard her screaming at you on the phone so I went to check on her, and she said she wanted to drink. I told her I thought it wasn’t a good idea, but she was so mad, and I didn’t know what to do,” she says, distraught.

“That still doesn’t tell me where she is,” I yell.

I shouldn’t be yelling at her, but she isn’t telling me much I don’t already know.

“She… well, she started drinking a lot and asking how you would feel if she fucked another guy. She was furious, but I thought she was just venting. But then she started saying how hot Nash was and that she should fuck him so you can see how it feels.”

“She said what?” my sister and I say together. Sophie looks as ill at the thought as I feel.

“She said she’d teach you a lesson and see how you like it.”

What the fuck? That doesn’t sound like Kylie.But hasn’t she done this before?She kissed me for the first time to stick it to James. And she flirted with the waiter after the hostess flirted with me. She does like a little payback, but I can’t imagine she’d fuck another guy to get it. But then again, would she if she believed I’ve been fucking Beth this whole time without her knowing?

Even if it were true, I still find it hard to believe she would fuck Nash because she’s angry with me.

“Where is she?” I growl.

“Leo, I’m sorry. I tried to stop her.”

“I asked, where the fuck is she?”

Amber nods her chin at the stairwell. “She did it. She had sex with him. I heard them,” she adds with tears in her eyes.

She wouldn’t…

Flying up the stairs, I hear Nash through the door telling Kylie she has to get out of his room, and I’m pissed.

I grab the handle and throw open the door, and when I see them with my own eyes, my heart drops, and anger quickly follows.

Beside the bed stands Nash in his boxers, surprised at my arrival. And there is Kylie—myKylie—in his bed, wrapped in a blanket that covers her up to above her chest. She is clearly naked underneath, looking hungover, guilty, and confused.

Seeing red, I charge Nash and tackle him to the ground, slamming my fist in his face. He blocks my second punch and pushes me off him.

“Leo, no… stop,” Kylie yells.

Glancing over at her wrapped in a sheet, there’s no denying she’s naked. She takes my momentary pause to get in between Nash and me, facing me.

“Oh my God.” Sophie gasps from the door, and she puts her hands over her mouth while Amber stands beside her.

I shift my focus back to Kylie and Nash. Kylie is on the verge of tears, and Nash looks pissed and ready to brawl. I want to take another swing at his fucking face, but I won’t risk hurting Kylie in the process.

“You even consider taking another swing at me, I’ll knock you the fuck out, Knight, you son of a bitch.” Nash snarls at me.

Tell me something I don’t know. My mom did turn out to be a bitch.

“Kylie, get out of the way,” I order her, ready to throw another punch at Nash’s face.

She doesn’t move. “Let’s just talk about this. It’s not what it looks like.”

“Looks like you got back at me with my best friend.”

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