Broken kingdom

Chapter 62 Oakley

I want to keep kissing her until we both run out of air and the secret I’ve been keeping from her dissolves from my lips. 

I never meant for things to get so serious between us again when I agreed to be her friend. 

I thought I could be there so she had someone to confide in, and in turn, she’d realize Stone was no good for her and leave his ass. 

I thought I could live in this make-believe world where I could still have her for a little while longer. 

But I should have known better. 

Bianca Covington swooped in like a violent tornado—uprooting and rearranging the ugly parts of myself so I could finally confront my issues without needing to go numb. 

But in the end, I was the one who caused all the destruction. 

Pulling back, I look at her face, memorizing every perfect detail of it. 

Her plump lips, her high cheekbones…those baby brown eyes so full of depth it’s like looking into the ocean. 

I fell in love with her when I least expected it. 

And she’ll have every fucked-up piece of my heart and soul until the day I die. 

She places her hands on top of mine. “Oakley.” 

Bianca knows me well enough to know something’s wrong, but there’s no way to prepare her for this. 

People make mistakes—but if they’re smart enough to learn their lesson, they evolve. 

Sometimes, if they’re lucky—they earn forgiveness, too. 

But there’s no forgiveness for this. 

Because what I took from her. 

From us. 

Can’t ever be replaced.