Free Her Baby Secret (Friends & Lovers Book 1) by Jaye Diane Page B

with Devin. He'd broken her heart and she'd proven to be an easy mark, just falling into his arms as if nothing had happened between them.
    Devin kissed her cheek and started out of the room.
    “You both have a goodnight,” He murmured, not even looking embarrassed at having being caught making out with Robyn by her big sister.
    Robyn nodded stiffly, refusing to look at him as he left the room.
    “Goodnight, Dev,” Peyton said in a singsong voice, making Robyn want to childishly kick her.
    After the door closed behind him, Peyton whirled in a circle, laughing like she'd heard the funniest joke ever.
    “You and Devin ? How long has this been going on? Tell me everything!”
    “There's nothing to tell,” Robyn said, her heart still racing. Her lips tingled in remembrance of his kisses and she turned away from her sister.
    “Like hell there isn't,” Peyton said, unfazed by Robyn's stony glare. “Tell me!”
    “What do you want, sis?” Robyn asked, ignoring her sister's demand.
    “I actually came to talk,” Peyton said, plopping down on the bed. “We hardly see each other lately and this is the first time we've had to be alone since we got here.”
    Robyn smiled a little because her sister seemed sincere. They used to get together a lot at each other's houses or to go shopping or have lunch. But Robyn had been trying to keep a low profile since the breakup with Devin. She hadn't wanted anyone to guess at what was going on. She didn't want anyone's pity.
    “Mom's worried about you, you know,” Peyton said, folding her legs in front of her. “But after what I just witnessed between you and Devin, I can let her know in the morning that you're just fine. More than fine!”
    “Don't you do it, Peyton!” Robyn warned, her eyes widening.
    “Why all the secrecy? Do you know how happy everybody's going to be when they find out about you guys? You should have announced it tonight at dinner. Damn, you two didn't even let on that anything like this was going on!” Peyton laughed. “I had no idea.”
    “There is nothing going on...” Robyn had once dreamed of breaking the news to her parents about her relationship with Devin. She'd been so excited about it but neither she nor Devin had been quite ready to tell anyone.
    “I know what I saw,” Peyton said. “I don't know who had whose tongue.” Peyton laughed.
    Robyn closed her eyes for a moment, thinking of what she'd almost had and what could have been. She couldn't wait to put some distance between her and Devin, and everyone in the house for that matter. She needed to go home where she could keep licking her wounds and give herself more time to heal.
    “What happened?” Peyton asked quietly, sobering.
    “We were together,” Robyn admitted. “For almost four months. I thought it was going great but I couldn't have been more wrong because...he broke up with me.”
    “But why?” Peyton asked.
    “I don't know,” Robyn said. “At the time, he was being an asshole and he didn't give me a reason. Now he was in here tonight acting as if it was my fault we broke up.”
    “He obviously misses you and he knows he made a mistake,” Peyton said, taking Robyn's hand in her own. “Give him another chance.”
    “I can't,” Robyn said. “I won't. We can't go back now.”
    “You're too smart for this, Robyn,” Peyton said sternly. “When you want something, you go after it. You're not going to let a good man like that slip through your fingers.”
    “When I was giving him my all, he slipped through my fingers anyway.” Robyn felt her eyes fill with the dreadful tears again and she squeezed her fists tightly, until her nails bit into her palms. She blinked back the tears, seeing her sister's concern. “I'm not going to fight for a relationship like that. For someone who just threw me away as if I meant nothing.”
    “But you were in here with him...” Peyton's voice trailed off and she waved at the bed, making Robyn's cheeks flush.
    “That was a moment of