Free Yours Book 2: Gaining Experience (Yours Series) by Blue Saffire

have seen Kevin around a lot more than I ever expected to. I also noticed that he and Nick often step out the room to have private conversations.
    I never thought anything of it before. I just always thought it was about business. Well, the restaurant business that is.
    I nod my head in understanding. Nick looks me deeply in the eyes and walks back over to the edge of the bed holding his hand out for me to come to him. I crawl my naked body across the rumpled sheets until I am at the edge of the bed right in front of him.
    Nick wraps his long fingers around mine and rubs his thumb over my skin. He places a chaste kiss to my lips not lingering as long as I wish he would. His expression is very serious when I look up into his face again.
    “I won’t lose you. I won’t let anything happen to you. Promise me you’ll do as I say. I need to keep you safe,” Nick says almost sounding as if he is in pain.
    “You’re scaring me,” I say softly.
    Nick places his forehead to mine and closes his eyes. We stay like this for a few moments before he pulls away to look me in the eyes again. He kisses my forehead.
    “Promise,” he whispers.
    “I promise,” I reply, still scared out of my mind.
    Nick backs away slightly, he searches my eyes and nods when he finds what he is looking for. He squeezes my hand gently before he turns to slip on a pair of gym shorts. He moves to leave the room while stabbing at his phone, but looks over his shoulder as he gets to the door.
    “Never be afraid of anything. I will take my last breath to make sure you are safe,” with that he lifts his phone to his ear and leaves.

Chapter 8
Too Soon
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    I have always known this day was coming for me. I just wasn’t looking to see it this soon. Not now when I have found the love of my life. Things are not supposed to be falling apart like this. Yet, I feel like the world is falling down around me.
    I don’t need Kevin and his team to tell me that the shit is about to hit the fan. Someone has placed their hands on Pandora’s box and they are about to open it. I have spent so much money to bury so much, but there were loose ends I was never able to get close to without being too close to the flame.
    Ivana , hearing that name come off of Sephora’s lips was like a punch to the gut. I once thought I was in love. I believe I was to an extent. I cared deeply for Ivana. She was my first in a lot of things.
    We had been two years apart, Ivana being older. I was nineteen when I met her. Ivana had been full of life and experience. I had been shy at first. My father kept such a tight hold on everything I did, I didn’t open up too many or make many friends.
    Kevin, Luke, and Wyatt had been my only real friends and the only people I kept close. Everyone else wanted something. The four of us had one thing in common. We had secrets and responsibilities. Not one of them forced me out of my comfort zone. I respected that.
    So when it came time for college and we all ended up on the East coast I kept to my same small circle. Wyatt had been the most outgoing. He was also the only one out of my friends that hadn’t gone to boarding school with me. My dad had forged our friendship through trips and summer vacations.
    I met Ivana one night when Wyatt dragged us all out to a club with him. She was the total opposite of Sephora. Tall, blonde, with dark eyes and confidence for days. She walked right up to me and pulled me out onto the dance floor with her.
    Her smile lit up the world. I needed that. My father was smothering me. My whole life was planned out for me. I didn’t know how to have fun. I was always the most serious out of all my friends.
    From that first night, Ivana injected my life with fun. She opened up a world I never knew existed. Then Ivana showed me how to take control. She brought me into a new world and I dragged my friends right in with me.
    By then we had grown in numbers. Remi and Ramses had joined our group as did Andrew, Craig, and George. I