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I don’t say anything else since I’m still stunned. The paintings are perfect even though I know I’m not. He caught me in a way that even I have never seen myself before.
“Come on, let’s go put some food into you,” he tells me.
Once we get downstairs, he begins preparing my food. Cooking is something I didn’t even know he was really capable of, at least not the things he’s been cooking for me in the last week.
While he cooks with his back to me, I can’t help but stare at his tattoo again. He must have drawn that himself.
“You know that tattoo is permanent, right?” I ask, out of the blue.
“As it is with all tattoos,” he says.
“Why did you get that? What if I don’t want you anymore? How will you explain that to your next girlfriend?”
“I want everyone to know who I belong to. You’re it for me, baby. I don’t care about anyone else or want anyone else. I’m keeping you for the rest of my life.”
“Well, since I’m here, I believe you. I know you’re not above kidnapping,” I say with a roll of my eyes.
“There’s nothing I won’t do for you,” he tells me seriously. He finishes up and plates my food to which he insists on feeding me still. Once I’m done eating, he takes my hand and we head back upstairs to the master suite with all the paintings of me.
I’m still a little overwhelmed by it all. He’s crazy good. I never knew he was into art. Guess there’s still a lot I need to know about him if we’re going to do this. Do I even want this, knowing what I know now?
Yes. Honestly, I don’t ever see myself feeling for someone else what I feel for him. It sucked when I was away from him even when I tried not to think about him. The heart wants what it wants I guess, and nothing in the world can change that.
Once we walk into the room, he goes straight for the bed and lies on it, pulling me down with him. We wiggle around a bit to find a comfy position which is me against him with my head on his chest and his arms around me as we lie in silence.
“How did you find me?” I ask after a while.
“Got everyone on my security team involved and I put them to work on finding you. Gotta say, you didn’t make it easy on me, babe,” he tells me.
“Hmmm. Well, technically you weren’t supposed to find me,” I murmur.
“It’s a good thing I did before you did any more harm to yourself,” he tells me.
“I guess.”
“You don’t really want to die, do you?”
“Yes. No. I don’t know anymore.”
“Repeat after me. I want to live because I have so much to live for. I have so many things I want to do and I’ll do them all,” he commands.
“I want to live because I have so much to live for. I have so many things I want to do and I’ll do them all,” I repeat.
“Good girl,” he says, and I instantly feel all tingly inside.
“I want to talk about something serious,” he tells me and I look up at him curiously.
“Okaaay…”
“First, I should tell you I was the one responsible for the website. I was so mad and couldn’t see straight from the beginning. I wanted to hurt you. But once I realized my mistake, I took everything down. When we started to get close, I realized what an ass I’d been but I couldn’t tell you about it then. I’m sorry for everything I’ve ever done to you and every dumb name I’ve ever called you. You have no idea how truly sorry I am to have been the one to cause you pain,” he says, blowing out a breath like he’s expelling all the weight inside him.
“I already know it was you. Ivy was only too happy to tell me. That’s why I was so fucking reckless while at the club. That was also the night I found out we were half-siblings. I thought we were finally making progress and heading somewhere, only to find out that I was betrayed.”
“That fucking bitch! I can’t wait to deal with her. I’m so sorry. I never actually wanted you to find any of that out. Us being, you know, and me being behind the website. Thought it would have been better if you didn’t know,” he says.
“Yeah, well, the cat’s out of the bag,” I mumble. We’re silent again until he asks about the one thing I’ve been dreading.
“Tell me about the baby. How do you feel? What’s going through your head?” he whispers softly in a pained voice. My heart clenches at the memory. It feels like that hole in my heart has just been ripped open again as I start to sob on his chest. He pulls me in tighter against him and holds me while I cry it out until I eventually calm down.
