Better Late Than Never by Ghiselle St. James

Author:Ghiselle St. James [St. James, Ghiselle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen – Popozao

Kyle – Present

I AM STARING into space, memories from the past playing like a live-action reel in my head. With my cell phone in hand, I wait for this stubborn-assed woman to call and tear me a new asshole. My stubborn-assed woman. She has been mine for so long, I can scarcely remember a time when she wasn’t. It doesn’t even matter who had been there before me. They’re idiots for letting her go. We have been through sickness and health, crazy ex’s, demanding best friends, and a career-ending injury.

And now I’m ready to give her my last name.

If only she would just hurry it the fuck along.

I am about to text her when a call comes in from someone I expect, but not in the mood to talk to. He has been a pain in my ass for as long as I can remember, but we have one thing in common.

We love the same girl.

In different ways, but still…

“Yes, Grayson?” I answer, already pissed off.

“Lower your attitude when you talk to me, cuz,” he retorts. “I’m the only one saving you from getting your nuts ripped off and fed to you through a feeding tube up your ass.”

Horns honk and he curses under his breath, which tells me he’s driving.

“Happy to hear from you, too,” I grumble, but smile.

“I don’t know what you’re doing, motherfucker, but I hope whatever it is works,” he adds.

“How mad is she?” I ask rhetorically. If I know my Purple-haired monster, she is spitting mad.

“On a scale from one to nuclear?” he throws back at me, telling me the levels of her pissed-ocity – her word, not mine – without a definite answer.

“That bad, huh?”

“Dude, you want her to plan this wedding…this can go so wrong,” he warns.

“She’s my best friend, Gray,” I plead with him.

“And she’s mine, too,” he concurs. “But this is risky. You’re playing with her heart, Kyle, and I don’t think I want to stand in her way when she finally removes you from her life.”

Fuck.

The music in Grayson’s background sums up my cousin’s and my relationship perfectly. I hate everything about him sometimes, especially when he’s right, but I do love him. He’s family, and always has my best interest at heart, even when he was trying to take my place as Savi’s best friend. The fucker…

His words give me pause, so fucking sober and alert. I never thought how far sideways this could go…but far be it from me to give up now. I’m in too deep. I am going to follow through with this. If I lose her friendship, I will have gained more. I have to believe that. I’m going to marry the love of my life, she can either be there to witness it or…

“Listen, Kyle,” Grayson sighs at the end of the line. “The less pain you cause her, the better.”

Hell, don’t I know that? It’s the reason why, for six whole months, my best friend and I were in a Cold War.

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