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“He told me he didn’t love me.”
Adrian
“Shit, man.” He shook his head with wide eyes.
We were in my office, and I just finished catching him up on everything. Trying to see if he had any suggestions on where to go from here.
“Does she have any enemies? Ex boyfriends?”
“Not any that are psychopaths.”
“What about ex bosses? A fight with a former girlfriend? Done anything to piss someone off?”
“None that want her dead.”
“You think that’s what they’re after?”
“I’m not sure, but I’m not going to sit around and find out. I want this motherfucker in jail or dead and I’d prefer the latter.”
“Fair enough. I can only imagine what you’re going through. I’m so sorry, Adrian. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. But it sounds like you’ve covered all your grounds. I mean…” He paused. “Have you reached out to your brother?”
“What do you mean?”
“Does he know about what’s happening to Paige?”
“No. He has no idea that she’s back in my life.”
I could tell just by the look on his face he was going to say something I didn’t want to hear.
“I hate to break it to you, man, but you’re going to have to involve him. If they were as close as you’re saying they were, he’s probably going to know a hell of a lot more than you do about her.”
I grimaced. I couldn’t help it. Hearing him admit that truth to me was a hard pill to swallow. Which had always been the biggest problem for me when it came to us. It always felt like no matter how many times I was with her or inside of her, it would never compare to what my brother already knew about her.
At the end of the day, she’d always be his best friend.
It didn’t matter how long we were together. I’d forever be competing for her, and I couldn’t live like that. It wouldn’t be fair to either of us.
I walked away from her because I had to.
I broke her heart because there was no other way.
I was the bad guy, and she was my cherry girl.
As much as I hated to admit it, Tristian was right.
“I can see this is killing you, Adrian. I know how stressed you are. I know how hard it is to get the woman you destroyed to love you again, but it doesn’t mean she won’t. Trust me. I see the way she looks at you. She’s still in love with you. She’s just not ready to admit it to herself. It’s easier to push you away than it is to forgive you.”
“Then I’m fucked.”
“You know what you have to do.”
It was time to man up and make things right. Regardless of the consequences between her and I.
After they left, Paige was quieter than usual. I decided to leave her alone, aware she was probably spent from catching Belle up on our lives. For the rest of the evening, I tried to figure out how I was going to make this all work.
Before I knew what I was doing, I grabbed the picture of us from my nightstand and sat on the edge of my bed with it.
I thought about the past.
