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“He had convinced himself in that twisted head of his that since the baby wasn’t his I would forgive him and things would go back to the way they were.”
“Certifiable,” he repeats his earlier statement.
“I think I have to agree with you there.”
Stepping past me, Hudson takes a seat in one of the lounge chairs on the balcony and reaches out, tugging me into his lap. Turning to the side, I drape my legs over his, smiling when he instantly picks up one of my hands and entwines our fingers together.
“Were you two pretty serious?” he asks, staring at our connected hands.
“We were.” I blow out a slow breath, hating that we’re sitting here talking about this when there’s a million other things I’d rather be doing. Then again, if I walked into Hudson’s place and found him in a heated exchange with a woman I think I’d want to know what was going on.
“How serious?”
“About as serious as you can get.” I trace the lines of the tattoo on his forearm with my finger tip. “We met through mutual friends and hit it off pretty quick. We moved in together after about a year. I was pretty sure we were on our way to marriage when I found out he was cheating. Guess I was lucky. I got out before I was stupid enough to marry him.”
“I’m sorry that happened to you,” he says, his gaze finally meeting mine again. “But I’m not sorry it happened.” The corner of his mouth twitches. “Does that make me a bad person?”
“I’m pretty sure I’d feel the same if roles were reversed, so I’m gonna go ahead and say no, it doesn’t make you a bad person.” I lean forward, pressing my lips gently to his before pulling away. “What about you? Any serious relationships to speak of?”
“None that are worth discussing.” He shrugs. “Takes a special kind of woman to tame all this.” He gestures to himself seconds before his warm laughter fills the space between us, not really giving me a concrete answer either way.
“Is that so?” I cock my head.
“Guess it’s a good thing you’re a special kind of woman.” He winks, releasing my hand to hook his fingers around my neck, pulling my face back to his.
“How special?” I whisper against his lips.
“How about Ishowyou how special?” He slides his tongue along my bottom lip, his fingers digging into my thigh.
“I think I like the sound of that.”
