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“Caleb, this is stunning.”
They decorated the table with LED candles and an assortment of pink roses, her favorite. A bottle of champagne chilled in the metal bucket.
“I can’t believe you did this.”
The stars sparkled in the night sky with the full moon looming over the horizon. There was this energy between us that flowed into the air. This magnetic pull that never went away. If anything, it only intensified as the years evolved.
Evie always controlled my thoughts.
My actions.
My choices.
Consuming every last part of me since the first time I set eyes on her.
“Come here.” I motioned with my finger.
She cunningly smirked, as I pulled her toward me instead, making her straddle my lap. She didn’t say a word, but she didn’t have to.
Her eyes spoke for themselves.
“I’d do anything for you. Look up, darlin’. Look at all the stars.”
She glanced up for a second before she questioned in a conceding tone, “Why are you doing this to me, Caleb? Is this just another scheme to get your way?”
“You know that’s not true.”
“Which part? The one where you pretended you didn’t know me after the day we had shared? Or how you not only ruined my social life, but also my dating life all through college?” Her voice remained sturdy and strong, though the tormented expression on her face gave away her anguish. “Or how about all the years you pushed me away before you knocked up my roommate and then married her?”
I didn’t respond, listening intently to the allegations I knew she still had to spew.
“Do you know I’ve hated my birthday until today?”
“At least I did something right.”
“Why would you do that to me, Caleb? How could you hurt me like that when you’d already hurt me enough?”
I winced. Her admitting that was worse than already knowing it.
“You want me to forgive you, but it’s so hard to do that. You pushed me away, completely dropped out of my life. Why? I deserve to know the truth. I knew there was something more to you and Tessa. It was written all over your face when you came to my apartment the next morning. You wouldn’t tell me then, but you have to tell me—”
“If I didn’t marry her…” I paused for a moment, catching my bearings.
This would be the first time I’d ever confessed this to anyone. I didn’t think I’d get a second chance to make things right, and I wasn’t going to waste another minute without her by my side.
Looking deep into her glossy gaze, I finally told her the truth…
“Tessa was going to tell Jax about us.”
Chapter Twenty-Five
—Evie—
“What?! How did she know Jax was my brother?”
“I’m not exactly sure, but she did.”
“She didn’t tell you how she knew?”
