The Rocker Who Holds Me by Terri Anne Browning

Author:Terri Anne Browning [Browning, Terri Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anna Henson

Chapter 9

Now, as I sit in a hospital gown, staring at the man I love after screaming that he’s the father of my child, I can’t help the shame that consumes me. I had taken advantage of someone I love, the only man who could ever own me so completely. Tears pour down my face, and I can’t help the small sob that escapes me.

All of the rage seems to evaporate from Nik. He goes slack in Drake’s arms, causing the big man to almost drop him. “What?” he whispers.

“You, Nik,” I sob. “You are the father.”

“No… I…” He shakes his head. “No…”

My heart breaks a little more because I know that he never would have been my lover if he hadn’t been drunk, if he hadn’t thought I was someone else. Gods, I’m a despicable person. No better than some rapist taking advantage of a drugged girl. I had taken away his will to say “no.”

I know Nik would have screamed “No!” had he known I was the one he was having sex with that night.

I scrub at my face, hating my tears. “Yes, Nik.”

“It was a dream. I dreamed that.” He jerks away from Drake, pushes Jesse out of his way, and falls on his knees beside my bed. “Right?”

Refusing to meet his eyes, I shake my head. “I’m sorry, Nik. I’m sorry I took advantage of you. Please…please don’t hate me.” The last part comes out as a broken whisper.

The room is so quiet I think maybe the others have left us and I just hadn’t noticed. But when Jesse starts snickering and the brothers soon join in, I know I’m not that lucky. I turn my coldest glare on them. “This is not funny! I practically raped him.”

Now, it’s Nik’s turn to snicker, and I gape at him, unable to understand how this is the least bit humorous. When he sees how upset I truly am, he stops laughing at me and shakes his head.

“Come on, Em. There is no way you took advantage of me. And it isn’t rape when it’s consensual, baby.”

“You didn’t know it was me. You thought I was one of those slut groupies.” More tears start to pour down my face.

He narrows his eyes on me. “The fuck you say! I might have been drunk, but I knew who you were, Emmie. I’ve been dreaming about it for a lot longer than I should. That’s why, when I woke up the next morning, I thought it was just a dream. A wet dream, sure, but still just a dream.”

The other guys make a noise, and Jesse gives Nik a pointed glare. “Too much info, dude. Too much info. We don’t need to know that shit.”

His words leave me in shock. Deep in my heart, I feel the walls I have built around it crumble a little. Nik had known it was me. That night, that beautiful night that has been haunting me for months was him making love to me, not one of the countless sluts.

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