The Consequence of Loving Colton by Rachel van Dyken

Author:Rachel van Dyken [Dyken, Rachel Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2015-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

We rounded the corner of her parents’ house. Milo was completely out—as in I’m pretty sure she was dreaming of a giant tequila monster and wishing she hadn’t had that last shot.

Sighing, I turned off the car, got out, and went over to her side. Crazy how peaceful she looked when she slept. Of course that was a total false representation of how Milo actually lived day-to-day life. She was like a freaking bomb that went off for twelve hours straight only to reset itself every night so it could repeat the process the next morning.

“Come on, sweetheart.” I pulled her from the seat and carried her inside the house. The lights were turned down low—so nobody had stayed up to make sure she was all right, or that I was all right, for that matter.

Jason and Max had quickly left the bar, both of their faces red as they mumbled something about seeing me back at the house.

Wasn’t that the story of my life, though? In the end, it was always me and Milo. Jason had always trusted me with her. And in return? She’d always trusted me with herself. Never once having to worry about being safe or protected.

I took the stairs one at a time, a heaviness settling on my shoulders as I fought with two desires: to just tell her I knew everything and kiss the hell out of her, and to make her suffer.

Kicking the bedroom door open, I nearly dropped her when I realized Max was lying across the bed reading.

“Aren’t you drunk?”

“I recover very quickly,” Max said with a snort, his eyes not leaving the page of the book. “Besides, a guy happens to sober up pretty fast when he sees his best friend drunk and staring at a guy’s naked body like she was a doctor studying the human form.”

“Look, about that.” I set Milo on the bed.

“No.” Max set the book down and folded his arms across his chest. “She may have played you but she did it because she can’t handle all the feelings in her, okay? She’s Milo, for shit’s sake. Normal isn’t really in her vocabulary. I don’t even think she knows what that word means.”

I chuckled. “Yeah, well, it wasn’t what it looked like. I mean we didn’t . . . do anything.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Max shrugged. “If you don’t have the balls to take what’s been yours for this long . . .” He picked up the book again. “Then maybe you don’t deserve her.”

“I don’t deserve her.” I cleared my throat. “But I want her anyways.”

Max threw the book onto the bed and jumped to his feet. He swayed a bit, but his eyes were clear as a freaking sunny day. “I was hoping you’d say that, so this is how it’s going to work.”

“Huh?”

“What?” He punched me in the arm. “You want Milo, I’m going to help you get her. Because I’m a stand-up dude and I’m sick and tired of her pining after you, and besides, if I help you win her over then I can move on with my own dating life.

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