Betrayal: Brianna's Secret (The Betrayal Series) Read Online Free

her arms over her chest. “He would have known by now if I weren’t such a fucking coward.”
    “I’m so sorry, Abby. I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.” Brianna walked over to where Abby was standing and tried to place her hand on one of Abby’s forearms.
    Abby jerked her arm away. “You’re sorry? Yeah, right. You planned all of this. You are angry at your brother and used me to hurt him. You don’t give a shit about him or me.”
    “That’s not true, Abby,” Brianna countered, slowly shaking her head while tears began to well in her eyes.
    Abby rolled her eyes. “Enough with the tears. You’re not fooling me anymore, Brianna. You planned all of this. You didn’t care who you hurt or whose life you destroyed as long as you got your revenge. Well, congratulations. You’ve succeeded. In less than two weeks, Kyle will be here, and I’m going to break his heart into a million pieces. What I’m going to say to him is going to destroy him just like you planned. You’ve destroyed his life and mine. But I’m just collateral damage to you. You don’t give a shit about me.”
    “You’re wrong, Abby. I didn’t plan any of this. I swear. And I do care about you.” She tried to touch Abby’s shoulder, but Abby jerked her body away from Brianna’s grip and stepped back.
    “You didn’t plan any of this?” Abby scoffed. “I’ve been replaying everything that has happened since we met in my head, and I’m convinced you were just using me to get back at Kyle. You admitted to stalking my Facebook page where I have classical music and Yo-Yo Ma listed as my interests. Then you show up with your tearful apology and just happen to have tickets to The Philharmonic in your purse?”
    Abby brought a hand up to cover her mouth. Tears began to dribble down her cheeks. “You manipulated me. You’re nothing but a heartless, conniving woman, Brianna. That whole speech you gave me in your hotel suite about dreaming about me and wanting to be with me was nothing but lines from a script being delivered by a very talented actress.”
    Abby dropped her gaze to the floor and let out a frustrated scream. Wiping tears off her cheeks with the back of her hands, she raised her gaze to meet Brianna’s. “How could I have been so stupid? I should have listened to Kyle when he told me you were capable of doing disturbing things and should not be trusted.”
    Abby wanted to smack her head against the wall behind her. She always thought of herself as a smart girl, but that day, in the backroom of the bookstore, she realized she was nothing but a stupid little girl. She felt a smart girl would have been able to see through Brianna’s scheme.
    Brianna rushed to get closer to Abby and gripped her shoulders. “Listen to me, Abby,” Brianna pleaded as Abby tried to swat Brianna’s hands away from her shoulders.
    “I did not deceive you. The kiss at that party…yes, I planned that. I was angry at Kyle and was feeling petty. I used you to get back at him. I’m guilty of that, one hundred percent. However, you are wrong about everything else. My apology to you the next day at the café was genuine. Everything I said to you since then has been true. The Philharmonic tickets in my purse are just a coincidence, I swear. When I read your Facebook page, I didn’t even see your list of interests.”
    Brianna continued while Abby listened intently. “My feelings for you are all real, Abby. Every kiss, every touch, the love we made that night in my hotel suite was all real. I swear on my life. May God strike me dead this very moment if I’m lying to you.”
     Brianna paused for a second to catch her breath. “I’m falling in love with you, Abby. This past week has been a nightmare for me. I haven’t had a single goodnight sleep. I almost blew my chances of getting the part in that musical because I was so heartbroken over not being able to have you. But I was more distraught about turning your world upside down. I’m truly