Wild Ivy (Kings of Thornfield #3)
Prologue
PROLOGUE
Ivy
Four Years Ago
“She’s such a miserable cow right now. I can take good care of you, Kai.”
I freeze outside my boyfriend’s bedroom door in his shared house. Lila’s soft voice filters through, and I hear Kai groan. That groan that means his dick is wet, and this time it’s not by me.
Shoving open the door, I barge in and confront my best friend and my boyfriend on his bed, her pussy stuffed full of his cock as she writhes about on top of him.
“Oh, hey, Ivy,” Lila says with a slow smile.
“What the fuck is this?” I grit out, hurt smashing through any sort of defences I had.
“I can explain!” Kai says, his expression panicked as he catches sight of me
“Explain what? That you’re balls deep in my best friend?” I snarl, rage and betrayal coursing through me.
Lila has the audacity to giggle, not even bothering to dismount from Kai’s cock. “Oh, come on, Ivy. You’ve been such a frigid bitch lately. Kai has needs.”
“Needs?” I repeat incredulously. “And you decided to fulfil them, you backstabbing slut?”
Kai finally shoves Lila off him, fumbling to get his dick back in his pants as he stands up. “Ivy, baby, I’m sorry. It just happened ? —”
“Just happened?” I cut him off. “What, she tripped, and her cunt just happened to land on your dick?”
“Don’t be crude,” Lila sniffs, reaching for her clothes.
“Crude? You’re fucking my boyfriend, and I’m the one being crude?” I laugh bitterly. “You know what? Fuck both of you. Have fun together.”
I turn to storm out, but Kai grabs my wrist. “Ivy, wait. It’s not what it looks like. Don’t leave.”
“Excuse me?” I stop and glare at him in disbelief. “It’s not what it looks like?”
I yank my wrist out of Kai’s grip, disgust and fury burning through me. “It looks exactly like what it is—you fucking my so-called best friend behind my back.”
“Ivy, please,” Kai pleads, his eyes wide. “I love you. This was a mistake.”
“A mistake?” I spit out. “Was it a mistake the first time? The tenth? How long has this been going on?”
Lila rolls her eyes as she pulls on her shirt. “Oh please, like you didn’t know. You’ve been so cold lately, pushing Kai away. What did you expect?”
“I expected loyalty!” I scream, rounding on her. “From both of you! I trusted you!”
“Well, that was your first mistake,” Lila sneers.
I stare at her in shock. When did she become so cold, so callous? Or was she always like this, and I just didn’t realise it until now?
“Fuck you both,” I say again and storm out of the bedroom, trembling with anger and hurt. How did this happen? Was Kai really unhappy with me? Why didn’t he just say so instead of going behind my back like a fucking snake in the grass?
“Ivy, wait.” Lila catches up with me and grabs my arm. “You’re being so dramatic. It’s just a little fun. Share and share alike. Nobody said we couldn’t all be together.”
I tense my arm and pull it from her hand. “All be together? I don’t fucking think so. You went behind my back. You knew I was having a hard time right now, and you used it as an excuse to get Kai’s dick inside you.” I shake my head as she chews her lip. “You are fucking dead to me. You both are.”
I stalk away from her, but she calls out, “Don’t do anything stupid, Ivy. You need me.”
“Like fuck I do. I need friends I can trust.”
“Kai isn’t worth this.”
“You should’ve thought about that before you rode him in front of me.”
“Don’t walk away from me,” Lila spits out.
I turn to face her and stick my middle finger up. “Dead. To. Me. Got it. Lose my number, you selfish fucking cunt.”
“Bitch!” she shrieks. “No one walks away from me!”
“Fuck you,” I mutter and pick up my pace, needing to get back home so I can curl up in a ball and cry.
But as I walk away, my breath coming faster, I realise that I’m not all that bothered about losing Kai. But Lila’s betrayal hits me harder than I care to admit. Since my parent’s death, I don’t trust easily, and she was the first person in a long time I thought I could rely on.
I was dead wrong.