My Bestfriend's Brother Shouldn't Know How I Taste
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Bailey's pov

I blinked.

My heart dropped.

My stomach twisted.

I felt nauseas.

This was not how I planned to have Mira know about me and herbrother. This was not how I dreamed things would go.

A twist of fear curled in my belly, making the nauseating feeling worsen.ol

I swallowed, nervously looking over at Kaleb who shot me a confusedlook, silently asking me what's going on. I cannot respond to him,neither do I know how to.

" Mira-

I don't finish my words, Mirabella cut through them like a sharp swordslashing through skin, wounding me deeper than I thought waspossible. " Save your excuses, I saw you two. I guess Juliet was rightabout you used me to get to my brother.”

My throat burned and my eyes too. I blinked, trying to keep my tears atbay, ashamed to even cry in front of a worried Kaleb.

" Mira,” my lower lip wobbled as I tore my eyes away from Kaleb's andlook at my house. In the distance, just standing in the middle of theopen window to my room stood Mira. Her hand is to her ear, obviouslyon the phone with me.

From here, I can somehow sense her glare.

She saw.

She saw everything.

" How can you say that?" I whispered, feeling the pain from her words.It was like a burning torch set to pierce through my heart. It wasexcruciating. Her figure blurred and I realized that it was because of thetears filling my vision currently.

"I'm not lying, am I?" Her bitter words made me gasp and before Icould say anything more, the line on the other end went dead, and herfigure grew smaller until I could no longer see her standing in my room.The tickling of my tears rolling down my cheeks made me go numb. Istruggle to replace words, or a way to even comprehend how such a sweetnight turned in a horrible way.

" Bailey," Kaleb's voice is soft, concerned behind me as he gently touchmy shoulder and turn me to him. * Baby, what's wrong?"

His finger gently lift my head up and when our eyes met and he saw thetears clouding my vision, his eyes stormed. “ What did she say to you?" His voice held anger and frustration, worry too as he peered into mysoul for answers.

My eyes drop to his shirt and my lower lip tremble. I was kind of to beblamed for how things turned out to be. If I had grown some balls to tellher about Kaleb and me, we wouldn't have been in this position.

I can't help but have that sinking feeling of knowing things would get farworse from here.

" Mira-

I swallowed, my voice hoarse from the emotions clogged up in mythroat.

" Look at me." Kaleb said gentle as he rub his thumb across my cheek.I lift my eyes and blinked away the fog of tears to stare at him moreclearly.

" What did she say?" He asked again, his eyes searching through minefor answers my tied tongue could not answer.

Seeing me unable to respond, a soft sigh parted out of his lips and helooked at me tenderly. " Whatever she told you, she's just mad. Shedoesn't mean it."

I gripped his hand and pulled it away from my face. " She saw us. Shesaw us before I could tell her."

My words made me come to a realization of how much I have screwedup. If I had told Mira about Kaleb and me, I wouldn't be facing this rightnow.

Kaleb reaches for me but I push away. I saw the hurt swirl in his gazeand wanted to take away what I implanted in there. But of course I can'ttake someone else's pain when I can't handle my own.

“I will tell her I fell in love with you. I will tell her the truth and she willunderstand-

I shook my head, tears once more blurring my vision. * You don't get itKaleb, she saw us before I could tell her. I broke her trust, she willnever forgive me for this. Neither will she listen to what I have to say.”

I looked down at my interlocking fingers that fumbled togethernervously. " You of all people know how unforgiving Mirabella getswhen others betray her.” I lift my gaze to his.

Kaleb frowned and was about to speak when a startling knock came onthe glass behind me. I flinched and whirled around, only to be met withMira's angry and vicious stare. " Get out.” her voice is so harsh andloud that a little again and I'd think the tone would manage to crack theglass.