Yours Book 2: Gaining Experience (Yours Series) by Blue Saffire Page A

are face to face, nose to nose. You can feel the anxiety coming off of both of them. I don’t realize that I am holding my breath for Kimmie’s answer until she speaks.
    “I’m pregnant,” she whispers.
    Luke stiffens right before my eyes. “Come again,” Luke says in shock, a mask of awe written all over his face.
    “I’m about three months pregnant,” Kimmie repeats.
    I see the single tear that slides down Luke’s cheek. “You were pregnant that night,” he chokes out.
    Kimmie nods as a pained expression takes over her face. “Yes,” she says softly. “I didn’t know then.”
    I watch my friend’s knees buckle right from underneath him. If his arms didn’t move to wrap securely around Kimmie’s waist, he would have toppled her over.
    I have never seen Luke cry. Not even when I sat next to him as he received the phone call that his father had died. I was with him the whole time right up until the day of the funeral when I had to return to California to see to my own business affairs.
    I watch as he holds Kimmie with his face in her belly, rocking them back and forth as a deep sob rakes through his body. It is enough to chill my bones. Sephora gasps next to me at the sound of her brother falling apart.
    I pull her into my lap and hold her tight to keep her from interfering. I already feel like we are intruding on an intimate moment. Once I am sure that Kimmie is okay, we are going to give them the space they need. I know Sephora will worry about her otherwise.
    “I knew we shouldn’t have tried to play that night. I knew I was too far gone before we started. I’m so sorry, Baby,” Luke says with thick emotion. “I put you and our baby in danger. I’m so, fucking sorry.”
    “It’s not your fault. I saw when I lost you. I saw the moment I should have stopped you. I knew when I’d reached my limit. I was the one that never said anything,” Kimmie sods as she cups the back of Luke’s head.
    “I love you so much. It kills me that I hurt you. That I let my past hurt you,” Luke breathes into her stomach.
    “I love you, too. I missed you so much. I’m sorry I broke our trust,” Kimmie sobs.
    Luke claws at her back. “Shh, this isn’t your fault. I can read you like the back of my hand. I should have pulled back, I never should have given in. I knew my head was fucked up.”
    I decided that this is the point where Sephora and I leave. Tears are streaming down Sephora’s face. I know her heart is breaking for both her brother and her best friend. I have to admit I am almost moved to tears.
    I would be gutted if I ever lost sight and hurt Sephora in a time that is supposed to be meant for pleasure. Luke is right, he knows better than to take a sub, any sub, but especially one he cares for, to play during a time when he gets as dark as he does.
    I know he didn’t mean for his sadistic side to come out with Kimmie, but most of our crew has been there. Only a few can say that they play for fun and not to run from the darkness that consumes them. I once crossed over to a place where I only wanted to feed that darkness. Now I have Sephora. Everything has changed.
    I lift her in my arms and carry her from the scene of her best friend and mine. They will figure out their own shit. Sephora and I still have a few things we need to get straight.

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    S ephora
    I have never ever seen Lucian cry. Never. Not even at our father’s funeral. I don’t think there was a time he cried when we were younger. Watching my big brother fall to his knees and cry before Kimmie will be something that I don’t think I will ever forget and it will be a long time before I can shake it.
    I hurt for both Kimmie and Luke. I can’t begin to imagine what really happened that night. Nick has always taken such good care of me when he takes me into his world. I can’t imagine him losing control to the point that he could hurt me or not see me.
    I know it is a misunderstanding and a really bad situation. I didn’t miss