CHAPTER 1
KYLIE HARDING
POV
Greyson and I were driving home. When Grey suddenly got out of the car leaving the door open. I looked for him, but he disappeared. The next thing I know is there is a man grabbing me out of the car. I tried fighting him off, but I could not. He broke my finger. Causing me to scream out in pain. He carried me as he walked further and further away from the car. I tried to scream for help, but the street was abandoned, and I tried to fight him off when he cut my finger with the knife in his hands.
I tried everything nothing worked. Tears would not stop falling down my face.
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He threw me down on to the bed I screamed and screamed out. But nothing was helping. I tried kicking him and scratching at his face, but he subdued me.
"Ky"
"Ky"
"Kylie!" I felt someone shaking me.
I opened my eyes and saw Tyler holding me in his arms.
Another nightmare of that night. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm my nerves.
"Are you okay?" he asks
I nod. "Yeah..." I tried to say but it was barely a whisper.
I opened my eyes and saw his three kids looking at me.
"Sorry for waking you and the kids" I said softly
He nods "It's okay... Kids go back to bed." he says looking at his kids. The girls ran out, but Toby stayed.
"Daddy I'll sleep with Kylie. You sleep with mommy." he says climbing on the bed next to me.
I was not going back to sleep anytime soon again but I did not mind him sleeping by me.
I nod as Tyler looks at me questioningly. I did not want him to question me right now. I hated speaking about my nightmares. I hated anyone knowing about them. It was a secret I have never told anyone about. It was one of my biggest secrets. My book was based on that day.
Thinking about the day we met seven years ago.
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Seven years earlier
A coffee shop in LA
I stood next to a guy I met in the line, I was attempting to drink my scorching hot coffee, talking to the guy I was planning to take home tonight.
He was not interesting I pray to God; he makes it up in the bedroom department.
"Kylie?" I felt familiar tingles through my body and knew exactly who it was, but I ignored it. Please go away please let me be hearing things.
"Kylie!" the asshole shouted louder. s**t the asshole was real, alive, and kicking, and behind me right now.
The next thing I know is he turns me to face him.
"What?" I ask harshly.
"Kylie I- why are you so mean?" he asks
"f**k off!" I spat
"Kylie why did you ghost me back then!" he shouts
"Greyson Bradshaw f**k you." I said turning away from him.
But the asshole was not taking no for an answer, so he grabbed my arm and turned me to him
"I deserve to know why the girl I loved decided to stop speaking to me." he says
"What you deserve is this coffee in your face and for you to f**k off." I spat as I splashed my coffee in his face walking away from him.
I made it around the block before it felt like a could not breathe, it felt as felt like I did in high school when I saw him kissing her. I felt betrayed that emotions all came back to me. All those emotions I wanted to go away was still fresh in my mind.
I could not believe that happened to me.
"Kylie..." I heard him sigh my name
I turned to see him standing behind me, his white shirt had coffee stains on it, his face was pink from the heat of my hot coffee as well.
"Speak to me Kylie. You cannot keep doing this. Why are you so angry with me? Please tell me” He asks
Tears roll down my face, I cross my arms "You know, what you did Grey...." I say softly
"Kylie, I don't know. Come on tell me what I did to deserve you ghosting me, a hot cup of coffee in my face and losing you from life" he says
"You cheated on me." I say softly. I felt defeated and broken after saying that.
He looked at me confused. "Kylie I never cheated on you..." he says
"But you did. I saw you and Carryn kissing in the locker room" I say
He looks off into the distance. He sighs "Kylie I didn't cheat. I was taken off guard by her kissing me, I pushed her away as soon as it came to me what she just did. She asked to meet in the locker-room because she wanted to plan a surprise party for you and then she just kissed me. I promise you. I would never do that to you. Kylie, you know me. I would never disrespect you like that. You know me better than anyone else does. I would never do something so stupid. Not when I was in love with you. " He says
I closed my eyes. I did not know if I could believe him could I believe a word that came out of his mouth? Would it bite me in the ass later?
"I don't know if I believe you." I say softly turning away from him to wipe my tears.
I felt him hugging me from behind. "Kylie, you know me. You know deep in your heart. You know I am telling you the truth. You know better than anyone else does. My heart belongs to you and only to you." he says.
I shake my head. However, I do not try to break free from his hold.
"Kylie feel my heartbeat, it still beats for you. I missed you so much babe." he says
I felt myself caving. I did not want to but the minute he opened his mouth I knew I would be putty in his hands. I have always been this way around Greyson. One of the biggest reasons being he has been my first love and my the one since we have been at school.