Page 237 of The Heart You Kept

Hermione lying there…watching him enjoy her friend’s body, my heart constricts.

I can’t imagine that pain….

He stirs and opens his eyes, he blinks while he tries to focus his eyes. “What’s wrong, baby?” he whispers sleepily.

Everything.

My eyes fill with tears and his silhouette blurs.

“Doe,” he says softly as he pulls me into his embrace. “I told you that you didn’t want to know.”

I nod through the lump in my throat.

“Our relationship is different,” he whispers into the darkness. “Stop thinking about it.”

I nod, knowing he’s right. I do need to stop thinking about it, this is not good for my mental health.

“Promise me you’ll tell me,” I murmur against his chest.

“Tell you what?”

“If you…if you want someone else, promise me you’ll tell me first.”

“I won’t.”

“But if you do.”

“I’ll tell you.” He kisses me softly. “I promise. But only if you promise me the same.”

I nod.

We lie in silence, the hot tears run down my face and damn it this is the most unstable I’ve felt in a very long time.

He has my entire heart in the palm of his hands.

“When I tell you I love you, I fucking mean it.” He rolls me onto my back and comes over the top of me. “We. This…. What we have. It’s different to anything I’ve ever felt before.”

I stare up at him. “I so badly want to believe you.”

“You can believe it. And you can trust me.” He leans down and kisses me tenderly. “I looked for you for three long years. Don’t let something from my past hurt what we have.”

He’s right…. I can’t let this poison us; I’d be a fool.

“I love you,” I whisper through tears.

He nudges my legs open with his knee and rolls on top of me, his thick cock slides through the lips of my sex as his lips take mine. “Show me how much.”

He said it was time, so here I am.

Edward wants me to join him in his world and announce our relationship.

Last time I was here seems like a lifetime ago, so much has happened since then.

The car pulls into the Monte Carlo marina and I nervously glance down at myself. I hope I’m dressed okay. I thought I’d go all feminine and wear a pretty floral dress, but now as we pull up and I peer out to the sleek five-story black superyacht…I’m not so sure this dress was the right choice.

I should have gone sexy….

My breath quivers as I inhale and I have no idea why I’m so nervous but I am, and I feel sick to the stomach.