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That couldn’t be the case. I’d been the one to beg him to kiss me.
When I drew that conclusion, I realized I had not a clue about what was causing him to be so distant night after night.
I missed him.
He spent nearly every waking hour with me, and he held me close every night while we were asleep, and I missed him more than I had while we’d been separated for those six weeks.
It seemed impossible, but I was living proof it could happen.
And now that Forrest had asked that question, I had to share the truth with him. I’d have to face the potential rejection head on, because this was obviously not working for me any longer.
Even if I tried to hide my disappointment, I should have known it wouldn’t work. Forrest did this kind of thing for a living. Of course, he’d notice.
It was after dinner, and we had decided to curl up on the couch with a movie. I didn’t mind. I enjoyed spending time with him like that. I merely wanted more than that, though.
And now I had to tell him.
“No, it’s not.”
He immediately grew more concerned and reached his hand out to rest it on my thigh. “What’s going on?”
As a woman who prided herself on never being afraid to try anything or to never be intimidated, I thought it was best to just rip it off like a bandage.
“I miss you.”
His fingers squeezed my thigh. “I’m right here.”
I shook my head. “No, Forrest. I miss you. I’ve missed you for six weeks, and now that I’m here, I miss you even more. I want you. I love you. And as much as I love having you hold me close every night, I need more. I miss being able to show you just how much you mean to me.”
Forrest looked at me with an edge of disbelief marring his expression. “What did you just say?”
I’d said a lot of words, but there was one general gist I believed they conveyed. “I miss you.”
Shaking his head, he replied, “Not that. The other thing.”
I was at a loss. “I don’t know. What did I say?”
“You said you love me.”
Did I? Had that just spilled out of me?
There was no use denying it.
“Well, I do love you. You probably think I’m even crazier now, considering I only spent those two weeks with you, but that’s when it happened.”
His eyes roamed over my face for a long time, his features soft and warm. “I don’t think you’re crazy at all, sunshine. Or, well, if you are, I guess that means I’m crazy, too.”
“What?”
“I fell in love with you on that trip, and though I wish I would have said it to you before we left there, I’ve been trying to figure out how I was going to tell you with everything else swirling around you right now.”
He loved me.
Forrest just said he fell in love with me.
I didn’t know what to do with that. I’d been searching for that my whole life.
And he just gave it to me.
