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I braced myself for thebut.
He leaned back and cupped my face. “I hope you know that.”
I nodded, swallowing hard. “I do.”
“But as much as I love you, I won’t make you choose between me and your father,” he said, his voice rough.
“No. I’m not…that won’t happen.” I shook my head, covering his hand that was still on my cheek.
“Baby,” he said gently. “I’ll step aside.”
“No,” I cried, circling my hands in his jacket. “Don’t say that shit to me. My dad will get over this…whatever it is. He has to. I can’t…I refuse to lose you when I only just found you.”
“You’ve never had to find me, Luna.” Zach placed a soft peck on my forehead. “I’ve always been here. I’m sorry for pushing you away.”
“You’ve stopped,” I reminded him.
“I have but I refuse to sneak around. And I can’t go around worrying that he’s going to gut me like a pig because I touch the woman that I’m in love with.”
I leaned my forehead against his chest. “I feel like this is it. That we’re breaking up all because my dad is an asshole. You finally let me in and now this. I don’t know what his problem is.”
“He has his reasons, Moonbeam.” Zach cupped my nape. “I don’t know what they are but…”
“We can ask him.” I looked up at him.
“I think you already know.” Zach paused. “You’re the one who said that you wouldn’t leave him like your real mom did.”
I looked away. “He doesn’t like talking about her.” A revelation dawned on me. Could that be why my dad had an issue with me dating? “That doesn’t make sense though. It has nothing to do with you.”
“I know, Luna.” He kissed the top of my head. “I’ll go so you can—”
“No, please, Zach.” I snaked my arms around his neck. “Don’t leave.”
“I’m not.” He cupped my forearms, running his hands up and down them. “I’m just going to leave your room, so you can finish getting ready.”
“Oh…” I breathed out a sigh of relief. “You know, I don’t even know why my parents are here in the first place.”
“Did you have something planned tonight with them that you forgot about?” Zach asked, releasing me.
“No.” I let out a hard sigh. I stood on tiptoes and placed a soft peck on his cheek. “I love you.”
***
(Zach)
When I left Luna’s room, I closed the door gently behind me, and blew out a slow breath.
“Hey.”
I turned, finding Meadow and Ashton coming toward me.
“What’s going on?” Meadow asked, frowning. “We heard yelling.”
“I think you should go in there and talk to Luna,” I told her.
“Oh, shit. Okay.” She placed her hand on the doorknob before turning back to us. “I’ll see you guys later for drinks?”
“Oh yeah,” I mumbled, heading down the hallway to the living room. When I stepped into the open space, I saw Creena and Stone outside talking to Aiden and Asher, the twins’ dad. Why were they even here?
