My Bestfriend's Brother Shouldn't Know How I Taste free chapter novel Chapter 68

Bailey's pov

I saw the way my words made her feel. I saw the shift in her eyes. The reaction I should have expected.

But I can't take those words back and I....don't want to. Because I mean them. Every single word that rolled off my tongue, I meant them with every inch of my being.

I know I hurt her, I know she feels betrayed. But I can't continue to lie to myself too. I can't please her with a lie anymore. I want Kaleb.

I love Kaleb.

I blinked rapidly, trying to remove the presence of tears in my eyes so I can see her properly while I uttered. " Your brother deserves to be loved to Mirabella. He is worth being loved."

I shook my head and take a step forward, pinning her down with a sincere stare. " I love him and I'm sorry, but if I have to choose between you and him, I will love you both. I will choose you both. But if you make me choose then I will choose him."

I played with my fingers, knowing that I was pouring my heart out in front of my family too. But it needed to be done and I should have done it sooner.

" I know I did wrong by not telling you. I know you're pissed off but we can't help who we love Mira." I throw my hands up. " We can't choose who we fall in love with, it just happens. But what we can choose is who we let go."

I shook my head. " And I won't let go. I'd choose you both but if you force me to choose I will choose him because I won't let him go. And that's my choice. That's what I choose."

Mira is silently staring at me and her eyes flicker over to her brother that I didn't realize stood beside me until my arm touch his chest and his arm wrap around my mid-section to pull me into his embrace.

His grip felt like he was trying to protect me, as if silently telling me that he was here and that everything would be okay. I took comfort in his touch and melted into his warmth.

Mira peered at the two of us, more specifically his hand and then her eyes lift to mine and my heart stops. " How many months has this been going on behind my back?"

I looked down in shame, knowing she will piece things together quickly. " It started at the party."

Mira frowned. " Which party?"

" The one Kaleb hosted in your home." I whispered. It hadn't been a month yet, well I don't think it had been but it sure felt like Kaleb and I were together longer than this, despite only agreeing to be his girlfriend today.

I could see the gears in her head shift and realization hit her. " You didn't sleep on the couch did you?"

I swallowed. Keeping secrets from Mira was one thing but lying to her was another. Mira detested liars, especially lies coming from people she cared about.