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What’s going on, babygirl?
I send back wishing like hell I wasn’t still on the clock and alone at the bar. I’ve never thought about quitting my job before, but right now, I’m seriously considering it just so I can go to her.
It’s over. You told me you’d stay until I asked you to go, and this is me asking you to let me go.
Her words are a punch to the gut. I remember the conversation in her kitchen. At the time, I never considered she’d ask me to let her go. How am I supposed to do that? She owns my heart. I can’t imagine my life without her and Henry in it. I hardly spent any time with the kid, but I already think of him as mine because he comes with Addy, and Addy is everything I want.
I can’t just let you go. Don’t give up on us, babygirl.
Her reply is slow to come, and when it does, I wish it hadn’t because it’s like a kick in the balls. Sharp and painful.
There is no us.
I shove my phone back in my pocket, not ready to give up but trapped at the club for another hour until the club closes. As soon as my shift is over, I run out to my truck, determined to see Addy and get to the bottom of this.
It’s three in the morning, and I know it’s an unreasonable time to show up at her apartment, but I’m not reasonable right now. I feel like I’m fighting for my fucking life, and I’ll do anything it takes to change Addy’s mind.
Addy answers the door almost immediately. Her eyes are red and puffy from crying. She looks as miserable as I feel. She holds the door half closed, making it clear that she won’t let me in.
“What are you doing here?” she asks, accusation in her tone.
“You can’t just send a text and break things off. We aren’t over.”
She hugs her robe closed around her and shakes her head. “It is over, Axel. It never should’ve started in the first place.”
“Bullshit. We are perfect together.”
She brushes a stray tear off her cheek. “It’ll never work between us. Let’s just cut our losses before we get in too deep.”
In too deep? I’m fucking drowning in her, and she’s dismissing me like it’s nothing.
“I’m as deep as it gets, babygirl.” I reach for her, and she steps away, avoiding my touch. God, that hurts.
“I am not your babygirl. I’ll only ever belong to one man, and he’s dead. Just go.”
Her words are meant to hurt, and they do but not in the way she meant them to. They hurt because I know it’s killing her to say them. She feels as deeply for me as I do her. She’s just lying to herself and to me.
“You didn’t die when William did. You deserve to be happy.”
“I was happy until you came into my life,” she throws back at me.
“Were you?” I counter.
“Henry and I are better off on our own. Now go.” She closes the door in my face before I can react. The sound of her lock clicking into place has a finality that makes my heart ache.
“Fuck!” I shout into the empty hallway and punch the wall in the most undignified moment of my life.
* * *
“You’re grumpier than usual,”Tessa says, trying to draw me into a conversation. Again. I’ve growled and snapped at her several times, and she won’t give up. “Does it have something to do with Addy?”
I scowl at her. “Addy and I are over.”
Tessa’s face falls. “Oh no! But you were perfect together.”
“It doesn’t matter. She ended it.”
It’s been several days since Addy closed the door in my face, and I’ve still not come to terms with it. I’ve called her every night after my shift, and she ignores my calls. I’ve texted her, and she ignores those too. The only thing keeping me from returning to her apartment is that I don’t want to upset Henry.
