Page 19 of Breaking the Limits

“Oh, it’s because I cooked French toast.”

He shakes his head slightly, “Yeah, that smells good too.” Then he winks at me before pulling my mouth back to his. He kisses me with so much emotion that I’m becoming overwhelmed. A kiss like this won’t soften the blow about the music video, but I can’t stop kissing him back.

Finally, I pull away just enough to tell him, “Your breakfast is going to get cold.”

“That’s okay I could always just have you for breakfast,” He says with that wicked sexy smile of his.

I push him back while I sit up. “Nice try but we both have work today and I figured you’d want to take Jovi to school.

He sighs heavily while sitting up. “Yeah I do,” he takes a sip of coffee. “So how did the auditions go?”

“Technically, one was a go see and the other was a casting call, but that’s not important. The go see was for a new lingerie company starting up called Wicked Little Things. Little being the key word,” I say with a laugh. “That one went well. I think I might really have a chance at that one.”

“And the casting call?”

I shrug trying to play it off like it isn’t a big deal. Like this music video isn’t for Ace’s former band with a guy that he definitely has tension with. “It was for a music video for some new band.”

“Really? Are they any good?”

“They seem to have a pretty good fan base, but I’ve heard better.” Oh, my goodness, I just lied to Ace. Why did I just lie to Ace?

“Yeah? Have I heard them?” he asks, while taking a bite of his toast.

I shake my head. “No.” Oh my goodness another lie! What the hell Kynlee?, “Besides, I doubt I’ll get that one. I was the only brunette at the casting call.”

“They’d be crazy not to pick you,” he cuts another bite out of the toast and swirls it around the syrup. “Here baby doll,” he says, holding the fork out toward me. I lean forward and take the bite, but the sweetness of the bite doesn’t settle well with my knotted-up stomach. The guilt of lying to Ace is already weighing me down. Nausea washes over me in waves and I quickly excuse myself before I become sick and go to the bathroom.

Ace leaves to take Jovi to school and head into work. As soon as the door shuts behind him I text Kenndrix.

Kynlee: Hey

Kenndrix: What’s wrong?

Kynlee: What do you mean?

How does she do that? How does she know by a text that something is wrong?

Kenndrix: Seriously?

Kenndrix: I’m coming over

Kenndrix: Now!

I’m still sitting on the couch, the weight of the guilt unmoving when Kenndrix unlocks the door and comes in. I had given her a key in case of emergencies when I had first started living here, more or less. She looks over at me and instantly I start bawling. She throws her purse and sack to the floor before sitting on the couch and pulling me into her arms.

“What the hell is wrong Kynlee?”

I shake my head while trying to regain some of my composure. “I lied to Ace,” I manage to choke out.

I feel her stiffen for a moment. Kenndrix knows how much honesty means to me in a relationship and it’s the one thing that Ace and I have always managed to get right. We have always been honest with one another even when it isn’t pretty. “What do you mean?” Kenndrix asks.

I untangle myself and sit back on the couch. “Ace was asking how everything went yesterday and I wasn’t completely honest with him.”

“How so?”

I sigh heavily. “Well, the music video I told you about.” Kenndrix nods her head for me to go on. “Well, the music video is for Royal Eternity.”

Kenndrix’s eyes get so large I’m surprised they don’t fall out of the socket. “Royal Eternity as in Enzo as in used to be Ace’s band?”

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