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“He loves me. I can tell,” she states and shrugs her shoulders.
Everyone in the room giggles at Lola’s response except Wyatt. He walks over and kneels to her height, brushing her unruly hair from her face.
“Would you like to see my favorite place in the entire world, pretty girl?”
“Ooh, yes, Daddy.”
My heart explodes in my chest when I see tears begin to form in Wyatt’s eyes. Not wanting Lola to see them, he pulls her in and hugs her tight. Mouthing the words “thank you” to me, he leads her out onto the porch.
“You’re doing better than I thought you would be,” Addy says as she rests her head on my shoulder.
We’re watching them through the window, all three of us. I can’t help it. Lola keeps laughing at Wyatt, her tiny body shaking every time.
“I’m okay,” I reply. “A little mad at Jones, though.”
“What the hell did I do?” he asks defensively.
“You never told me you came to Denver. And you let him leave without talking to me. He made assumptions that he’s had to live with. You could have kept that from happening.”
“Um, he’s an asshole sometimes. You know as well as I do that if he doesn’t want to do something, he’s not going to do it. I had to call him over and over again to get him to come to the party. Once his mind is set, it doesn’t change. Why do you think he’s still in love with you?”
Jones’s words slowly fade away as my heart begins to break. He still loves me. As much as I wanted to believe there was a chance, I never thought in a million years that he would still love me. Not the way I love him.
It feels like a lifetime since we’ve seen each other, but I wouldn’t change it for anything.
Five years wishing I was in his arms.
Four people keeping my secret.
Three shitty relationships in an attempt to move on.
Two months spent crying over my loss.
But there’s only one man that could make all that worth it.
The only man I’ll ever love.
Wyatt Beech.
