Free Released: MC Secret Baby Romance (New Adult Contemporary Biker Romance) by Casey Elliot

back out the window.
    “I lied, Luke.” I frowned, what was she talking about?
    “About what?”
    “Everything,” She admitted.
    “Skye, you know you can tell me anything, right?” Skye continued to stare out the window. I wanted to shake her, to make her tell me what the hell was going on.
    “I didn’t leave, Luke. Everyone else left, but I stayed here. I didn’t go to that fancy music school. I just carried on working at Mitchell’s.”
    She turned to look at me then, her eyes searching mine. I could see her pain, but there was also something else there I couldn’t quite recognize. Why did Skye stay? She was so talented, her music lit up her life as she struggled to escape her oppressive parents.
    “Wait, why?”
    “It’s complicated,” she said, sighing. I could see her cheeks were crimson and she was close to tears. I could feel her embarrassment.
    “Skye–” I started, but she cut me off.
    “Goodbye, Luke,” she said. It sounded final and I knew she wasn’t just talking about tonight. She wrenched the passenger door open and sprung down, shutting it firmly behind her. Skye ran the few steps toward her apartment, fishing her keys out of her handbag before heading inside and slamming the door. Sighing, I turned the SUV back on and, once again, headed back to my parents’ home with more questions than I had begun with.
     

Chapter 7
     
     
    I didn’t know what I was doing here or why I had agreed to come. Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the hardwood door and stepped back. Looking around, I surveyed the house. It was huge – the biggest house in town, for sure. Luke’s parents boasted to anyone who would listen that the house had cost Luke a quarter of his signing bonus. They weren’t bad people, just incredibly proud of their son. I heard footsteps quickly approaching and the door opened to reveal a very excited Christina who stood there in a very pretty and expensive sun dress.
    “Skye!” she exclaimed excitedly. “Come on in.” She stepped back and I followed her into the large foyer. I tried not to look too overwhelmed. The foyer was bigger than the entire apartment Emmy and I lived in. I followed Christina out into the back garden while she talked excitedly about the upcoming wedding. Down in the garden, two sun loungers were laid out with a table full of cocktails and a waiter waiting for us.
    “I’ve really missed you, Skye. You know, you’re the only one who remembers the real Christina. Everyone back home is so superficial,” Christina said as she sunk into a sun lounger, holding her hand out to accept the waiting cocktail.
    “I’ve missed you, too.” I had missed Christina more than I would care to admit and, sitting here talking away, it felt like we had never been apart. I felt bad lying to my friend as she told me all about her life in L.A., but I wasn’t ready to tell her the truth.
    “Christina!” A voice called from the house. Looking up, I could see Max waving a mobile phone in our direction.
    “Excuse me for a moment,” Christina said quickly, standing up and moving toward the house. As I watched her leave, I saw a familiar shape coming toward me: Luke. My heart sunk while butterflies danced in the pit of my stomach.
    “Mind if I join you?” Luke said as he arrived at Christina’s empty sun lounger. He didn’t wait for an answer before sitting down and taking a sip of his sister’s drink.
    “It’s a bit much, isn’t it?” he said, waving his hand around the property.
    “You’ve done well for yourself, Luke,” I said, smiling. I was genuinely happy for him.
    “All that doesn’t matter if you’re not part of it, Skye. We spent an amazing night together.” He leaned in and whispered, “The best sex of my life. Then you tell me a month later that it’s all over, with no explanation.” I felt my mouth go dry and my hands begin to tremble. I tried to steady them before Luke could notice. All I could think of was Emmy with her mop of blonde hair and