Wild Nights With My Brother's Ex-Best Friend novel Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

NICOLE

Who could it be?

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The way my heart’s beating suggests that whoever is on the other side of the door isn’t someone I want to see. My mind is racing as I head toward the door.

“Hello? Who is it?”

No answer. I bite my bottom lip and halt. Could it be a mistake? This is a shitty motel, after all. Maybe someone got the door wrong. But then the person knocks again, insistently this time.

I don’t like the way my skin crawls and my heart jumps in my chest.

“Who is it?” I ask aggressively. I’ve never had a good, appropriate, mature reaction to fear. When I get scared, I get angry. “Stop that right now if you’re not going to say who you are!”

I’m not stupid enough to open the door for a stranger. I know terrible things happen to women when they’re alone in certain places.

But the door isn’t locked. I must’ve forgotten when I arrived earlier.

I make a dive for the door just as the handle turns. I slam my weight against it, succeeding in closing it, but before I can turn the key, whoever is on the other side pushes it open, and I’m not strong enough to stop them.

A scream forms in my throat, but before I can let go of it, the intruder pushes his way past the door and I get a good look at his face. My arms lose their strength and the door flies open as I step back.

Roman?

“I didn’t mean to scare you,” he says, his tone laced with urgency. “But I knew that if I told you who I was, you’d never open the door for me.”

Am I dreaming? There’s no way he’s standing a few feet away from me. I place my head on my forehead and close my eyes. A second later, I reopen them and he’s gone.

Just kidding. He’s still standing there,

“What are you doing here?” I hear myself asking. He tries to step toward me but I put a hand up and a wave of anger washes over me. Everything hits me at once. He’s here, in my motel room, trying to talk to me. And I can’t let that happen. “No, it doesn’t matter. Just get the hell out!”

“I had my driver follow you,” he explains as he proceeds to take another step toward me. Dammit, isn’t he listening?

I start to shout. “Get out of here! GET OUT!”

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Chapter 36

“Nikki.”

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The sound of this stupid nickname leaving his lips makes me react. I close the distance between us and shove him back with all my might. He doesn’t even budge. “Get out! I don’t want to hear a damn thing you’re going to say! Leave! Help! HELP!”

Roman grabs me by the neck and slams his hand over my mouth to muffle the screams. I fight against him, digging my fingernails into his wrist, drawing blood, but he ignores the pain completely and kicks the door closed. “I’m not going anywhere until you listen to what I have to say.”

I can’t believe him. God, I’m so angry. I start kicking him, and he gives me a warning look. “If you do that again, I’ll throw you on that bed and sit on top of your fucking legs. Don’t fuck with me, Nikki.”

I ignore him and kick him again. I’ll be damned if I have to stand listening to whatever he has to say. I don’t care. I don’t want him here! I can’t stand the sight of him!

Roman keeps his word and throws me on the bed before climbing on top of me and straddling my legs so I can’t move them. I become more desperate now that I’m immobile. He searches my face, and I decide that if I can’t get him out, I don’t have to look at him.

I close my eyes and turn my head to the side.

“Nikki, look at me.”

I ignore him.

A sigh escapes his lips and he says, “Fuck, I know you’re mad. You have every right to be mad. It’s just…if you let me explain, it’ll make sense.”

I want to punch him on his mouth so hard it knocks all his teeth out. They’ll probably thank me because they have to be tired of all the lies he utters. Then, once I’ve knocked his teeth out, I’ll sit back and watch him

choke on them and die.

I want him to die.

“I had to…I wanted to explain, Nikki, okay? I really wanted to. When you called me, desperate because of what your brother did, I was going to come to you. But I got stuck in that fucking party, and then I saw your face in the crowd. Dammit, you were gone in an instant. One moment you were there, and then the lights got a little too bright and you were gone. I thought I hallucinated you. I had a bit too much to drink. I was sick of all that shit and the pretending.”

I wish I could cover my ears so I don’t have to listen to this shit.

Roman continues. “But when I went to fetch you, you weren’t there. And then I realized that you were truly at that party, and I felt ashamed. I knew my bullshit had been discovered.”

This is the one thing he says that makes me turn my head to look at him. Roman sighs and shakes his head. “I fucked up, Nikki. What can I say?”

I search his face. I see remorse etched on his features, but is it genuine? How can I know when I could’ve sworn that everything we went through was genuine?

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Chapter 36

“If I uncover your mouth, will you scream?”

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I nod and he chuckles to piss me off even more. “I missed you. All this time, I didn’t stop thinking about you for a second.”

I want to cry because of how irritated I am. Does he think I’m an idiot? I should’ve paid more attention to my periphery. He had me followed and I didn’t even notice it.

“Carmen found out about us,” he claims. “She doesn’t know who you are exactly, but she’s aware that I was with someone. And she threatened to kill you.”

I stare back at him, not moving and not reacting.

“She gave me a choice, and I chose to keep you safe. Carmen…she’s not what everyone thinks she is. Her family’s all fucked. They’re dangerous people. They can do whatever they want because they have the protection of politicians and even the fucking president. It’s this huge mafia and I…I messed up, Nikki. I should’ve never gotten involved with them.”

Silence falls upon the room after he says that, then he raises his head and looks at me. “I need something. Please, don’t scream.”

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