Shades Darker | BWWM

A Love Betrayed ✨

I wake up the next morning feeling very weighed down. It takes a second before I realize that Cole is laying on top of me and I'm trapped underneath his body. "Jesus Christ" I mutter breathlessly.

I'm too weak and sore from last night to move him and honestly I'm too tired. A small moan leaves his lips as he rolls over and I finally feel air enter my lungs again. I pull the sheets over my naked body as I sit up in his bed.

Taking a look around the room the door is closed and our clothes are all over the floor. It wasn't my original plan to spend the night or to even have sex with him. I just wanted to talk, but then I got emotional and one thing led to another.

Leaning back I bite my lip to keep the smile from appearing on my face. I've never experienced anything like that before. I fell asleep after the first damn round because he tired me the fuck out. Then in the early morning I woke up again wanting more. I definitely had energy then.

I take a glance at him and peep multiple scratch marks across his back. I didn't even realize how deep I dug my nails into him. Running my fingers against him he begins to stir in his sleep. His eyes open slightly and when he speaks his voice is filled with sleepiness.

"Why are you staring at me weirdo?"

I chuckle, "Because I can, and good morning to you too"

He chuckles softly while turning over onto his back, "What time is it?" He asks whilst rubbing his tired eyes.

I bend over the side of the bed pulling my phone out of my pants pocket and open it. I have a ton of messages from ma and my brothers. Voicemails, calls, even from my friends. Everyone except Jade.

Pushing that saddened feeling down I tell him it's 11:30. His eyes widen a little and he runs his hands down his face, "Damn, I never sleep in this late"

I smirk, "That's because you had someone keeping you up"

He smiles pulling me closer to him and I lay down on his chest. He kisses the top of my head and for the next hour we just lay here tired, naked, and together. Laying here next to him I feel happy, truly happy.

^^^

"Kendra, you're hurting me" I hear someone say and I realize my elbow is in Cole's side. I quickly remove it and apologize to him. Rubbing my own tired eyes I sit up and realize that I fell asleep.

Cole on the other hand is fully dressed and together whilst I look a hot mess. He's eating dry cereal out of a bowl and laughing at the Big Bang Theory. "Sheldon is a genius!" He chuckles while shoving a handful in his mouth.

I scratch the back of my head and slip out of his bed. I throw on one of his hoods and some underwear and shorts. I go for the door and he calls out after me.

"Where are you going?"

I turn to him, "The bathroom"

Slipping out of his room I close the door and lean against it. Letting out a breath I start looking for the bathroom. I tiptoe so that if anyone is home they can't hear me. I walk down the hallway and slow down to take a look at the pictures on the wall.

A lot of them are of this woman and two other boys. The woman looks fairly young with long brown hair and beautiful eyes. She doesn't look like Cole at all though, is she his moms? Are these two his brothers? Cole's never mentioned his brothers before. Hell, he never mentions his family at all.

I continue down the line and peep that Cole is hardly in any of them. These pictures range from babies to toddlers to even high school. The only pictures I can find with him in it has to be recent ones.

Looking away from the photos I try to find the bathroom again. Piss is pressing on my bladder and if I'm not on the toilet soon someone's going to need a new carpet.

I come across a room at the end of the hall and figure that it's the bathroom. All bathrooms are mostly at the end of the hall, right? I turn the knob and slightly open the door. It creaks and the first thing I notice is how dark the room is.

My first thought is that it's not the bathroom but instead of closing it I continue to open it. The room is completely torn apart. There's no furniture but the window is smashed, their are holes in the wall and all over the floor are papers and photos.

Everything in me tells me to turn away but I don't. I look down at the floor and there are baby pictures of a small boy. Some he's smiling and in others he's not. Photos of him playing down by a lake and in a field and some of him sleeping with a cute little bear.

I put down the photos and pick up a newspaper. The headline is what catches my attention. Leader of the White Knights Caught! I don't even notice the sound of my own heavy breathing in my ear but I keep reading.

His son, Cole Walker, placed into the custody of his uncle Troy Walker after the arrest of his father, Nathan Walker, leader of the White Knights.

Walker? Who the hell is that?

I place my hand over my mouth in shock as wild thoughts enter my head. The thought that Cole isn't who he says he is is enough to make my skin crawl. If he isn't Cole Sterling then who the hell is he?

"Excuse me?"

I turn around with blurry eyes to see a tall boy standing in the doorway. He looks like the boy in the picture. His eyes are trained on me and he looks mad as hell.

"Who the hell are you and why are you in here? This is a private room" He barks at me but I'm too shaken and confused to even care. Another boy appears asking him what's up until he see's me. At first he's confused but when he see's how upset I am he calls Cole.

"Travis?" I hear his voice and I have to look away before I burst into tears.

How could he do this to me? Pretend to be someone else and lie to me? Moments later Cole enters the room. At first he's confused but then realization hits him and he immediately starts shaking his head asking me to let him explain.

He approaches me and I tell him to stay the hell away from me. He stops walking and I stare at him on the verge of tears. Once again, that feeling of betrayal comes pouring over me and I don't understand.

Why every time I think I can trust him he proves to me that I can't. I knew from the beginning that I couldn't but I tried to put my prejudice aside and see him for who he really is and it all backfired.

I don't even know who the fuck this is standing in front of me. He lied to me about who he was, his name, everything he ever told me could've been a lie. How can I ever trust him now?

Unable to speak I push past him out of the room and back to his. He calls my name multiple times and I ignore every single one of them. I quickly grab my stuff and leave for the door. I open my car door throwing everything in and I hear him behind me.

I get in my car and struggle to put the car key in. He bangs on my window begging me to let him explain but the more I hear him the harder it becomes to keep the tears in my eyes anymore. Finally I put the key in the ignition and put my car in drive.

Stepping on the gas I zoom out of my parking space and down the block away from him. I see him in the streets in my rearview mirror and my eyes become blurry. I feel my heart break into a thousand pieces as an ugly sob escapes my lips. I don't hold it in anymore I just allow myself to.

I turn down many streets hoping to get as far away from this part of town as I possibly could. I cry uncontrollably until I hear a loud honking noise from around me. I immediately look up slamming my foot on the breaks and my car comes to a screeching halt. My breathing intensifies as I almost just ran through a red light.

I take in multiple deep breaths and at this red light all alone I feel everything within me shatter.