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Her brows drew together. “What?” she asked softly. “What did you need?”
He shifted them toward the closet, opened it, and pulled out the small box he’d hidden inside.
“You,” he murmured, spinning her toward him so that she could see the contents when he creaked open the lid. “Forever.”
Her body stilled as she eyed the ring.
“So, now it’s your turn,” he said, still softly. “Now, I want you to tell me what you want.”
Her hands on his, gripping the box.
Her body melting, her eyes gentle, her heart…his.
“You,” she whispered. “I want you. Forever.”
* * *
Melody
She watched Jeremy slip the ring on Teresa’s finger and couldn’t have been happier for either of them.
They deserved it.
They deserved each other.
They deserved a life that would lead them to happiness.
But she couldn’t lie and deny that it hurt, seeing them in their blissfulness.
Mel couldn’t begrudge them,wouldn’t.
It was just that she…
Well, she had spent the last months putting on a damned good front.
She was in therapy. Look at her go, trying to get better!
She went to Game Nights and Girls’ Nights and Reality TV Binge Day and work events that needed a twinly escort and Sunday Dinners and days like this—celebrating big milestones that people deserved to be celebrated.
It was easy to stay unobserved—though less so than the previous years because everyone had seemed to take it upon themselves to look out for her after she’d been raped.
She’d. Been. Raped.
Drugged. Beaten. Violated.
Raped.
And…
She was still here, still in therapy, still in the support groups.
And she still felt dirty, used.
Violated.
It had only been three months, the therapist had told her. Give it time.
But how long was she supposed to feel like this?
