Sweet Secret by Karina Castillo (Bekacastle) (classic reads .TXT) 📖

— ¡Ya basta, Rebecca! —gritó—. Reed y yo estamos comprometidos. Iba a decírtelo en cuanto volviera a Seattle.

"Enough, Rebecca!” scream “Reed and I are engaged. I was going to tell you as soon as I got back to Seattle.”

“What?!” My cry was a sob. 

The damned man looked at me over his shoulder, he no longer had the suit. Sure, he was too smart to do that.

(…)

"I brought you some tea." I settled on the back of the bed while Mom set the nightstand on my legs. He didn't even have an appetite. “You must eat something.”

I looked at the piece of cake, and even though I loved the taste, I grabbed my fork and started tearing it apart furiously.
"I won't eat anything that idiot prepares, Mom." My mother furrowed her eyebrows in surprise.

“You can't do this to your sister, Rebecca. She is going to marry Reed.”

"He hurt me a lot," I mumbled. “He made me…made me kiss him, blackmailing me with my diary and hitting Denzel. I can't stand his fucking presence!”

"Enough, Rebecca!” He raised his voice. “Stop. Leave the fiction for your stories. Isa is going to marry that man, whether you like it or not. I know the Derricks have had a huge impact on our lives, but you suck it up, Rebecca. Isa is very excited about the wedding.”

"You're lying to my sister!” I said furiously. “I can't believe you decided not to believe me, mom.”

“Have breakfast.'' he ordered.”

"I have to go to school." I started to get up.

“No, you're not going anywhere, Rebecca. Today is Sunday and you are going to stay to help your sister with the wedding.”

Damn, this is the first time I wish it was a weekday.

"I have to look for my boyfriend." I got up anyway, ignoring that my mother was furious. I grabbed a sweater and left my room.

If I didn't get out of this house I was going to suffocate as soon as possible.

“Where are you going, sister-in-law?” Reed came my way.

“What the hell are you doing here?” I got even more furious.

"Stay and we'll talk." He grabbed my arm tightly and dragged me into my sister's room.

"Let go of me, Reed." I was starting to get scared instead of angry. Reed was capable of doing anything to me, especially that bruised eye. “Get out of my house. I've already done everything you want! Just leave me alone!”

“The game will be over when I tell you to, Rebecca. I'm going to marry your sister, which means I'll be here for a few days watching how you behave.” The bastard started touching my chin.

"You said you were going to leave."

"Well, I decided to stay.” His gaze was diabolical. “My cousin is very angry with me and perhaps my father is very disappointed in me: but more so in you. You betrayed Denzel on more than one occasion, don't you remember? You played cat and mouse with him and Joe.”

"That doesn't make sense." His hand slid up to my neck. “Remember one thing, sweetie” and I saw it coming “remember, I know who the person is who has your diary, and I can get your dark secrets published.”

“I have no dark secrets.”
“Year? And what about the time you wrote in your journal about how your mother came home drunk? If people know your mother was an alcoholic…”

“Those secrets don't belong to me. Enough of the bloody absurd games. It's a stupid diary!”

"But there are many embarrassing things about him," he laughed. “Like your first period was at eleven, or when you knew breasts existed, or I don't know. Tell me what secret you want me to expose.”

I bit the inside of my cheek.

"What do you want, Red?”

"I want you to break your boyfriend's heart more." He Dropped me “Do it and maybe my game is over.”

“I will not do it.”

“Of course.”