Rebel (Bad Blooded Rebel Series) Read Online Free

I’ll make sure no one will ever want you. Those words had haunted me
for the past three years…
    With a sexy yet cocky smile on his
ridiculously handsome face, Ryder backed away from me and with one final wink
he turned and walked away. Even though I knew he wasn’t really into me,
my heart was still pounding out of my chest.
    Danni came over to me at that moment,
her lips still swollen from her make out session with Beau. “H-hey Everleigh,”
she said.
    I nudged her with my arm. “Are you ready
to go?”
    She nodded and smiled. “Yeah, let me
just get my k-keys…”
    I shook my head. “You know what? I’ll
drive. Let’s go,” I said, and I looked back around the room one more time,
subconsciously searching for Ryder. He was already gone so I shook my head and we
walked out together arm in arm. Once we made it out of the venue and into
Danni’s car, I started the engine and we began our drive home to Indiana.
    After we were finally on the highway, I
decided to break the ice since Danni hadn’t said a word since we left the
venue. “So, did you have a good time tonight?” I said, barely containing my
amusement.
    “I just made out with Beau Cavanaugh. I
went backstage at a Bad Blooded Rebel concert and made out with Beau
Cavanaugh,” she said, still dazed. I giggled at her and I jerked the wheel and
almost drove off the highway when she suddenly screamed, “I just made out with
Beau fucking Cavanaugh! Ahh!”
    I laughed out loud. “Jesus, Danni! You
almost made me run off the road!”
    “Sorry, Ev…I just can’t believe that
happened! I so wish we could have went to his party!”
    “Yeah, I know you do. Be glad I made us
leave because you probably would have ended up sleeping with him. You might
have gotten pregnant or, hell, maybe even an STD with how those rockers sleep
around.”
    “Hey now, you don’t know that. You don’t
know anything about those guys,” Danni said defensively.
    “I know enough. Have you picked up a
magazine lately?” I said. “I may not like their music, but at least one of
those guys is in the news every other week about their drinking and partying.
They are complete man whores that don’t take responsibility for their actions.”
    I could feel Danni’s eyes on me and she
said, “Hey, those ‘man whores’ were perfectly nice to you back there,
Everleigh. Why are you being like that?” When I didn’t say anything and stared
ahead on the road, I heard her chuckle softly. “Oh, now I get it.”
    My hands gripped the wheel. “Get what?”
    “Ryder Matthews got to you, didn’t he?”
    My head whipped to her for a moment
before it returned back to the road. “What? Are you high? No way!”
    “I think he did. Anyone with eyes could
see he was way into you, Ev.”
    I shook my head. “No he wasn’t, Danni.
He was just trying to figure out how to get me back to his hotel or whatever so
he can add another notch in the bed post.”
    Danni sighed. “I think it was more than
that, and I think you do too. You both definitely had chemistry.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Trust me girl, we
didn’t. Besides, even if I was interested, I don’t know what the hell a guy
like Ryder Matthews would ever see in someone like me,” I said, and in that
moment my chest felt tight. I never understood why any man would look at me
with anything other than disgust…especially after hearing what a train wreck
you are from someone you thought loved you.
    Danni’s expression softened and she
sighed. “Everleigh, I wish you could see how beautiful you are. I know how
scarred you are by everything that happened with Scott-”
    I cringed. “Don’t say his name, Danni.
Please,” I said, feeling my eyes burning with unwanted tears.
    “Sorry, Ev. It just makes me so sad that
the bastard is still getting to you after everything he did. You are gorgeous,
girl. Why wouldn’t a guy like Ryder Matthews be into you?”
    I shook my head. “It doesn’t matter
anymore, Danni, because I will never,