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She smiles, squeezing my hand gently. “Thanks for being upfront, Ace. If it doesn’t work out with her, you know where I am.”
I return her smile and rest my head back against the shack. I make out Mae’s shadow in her window. The curtain suddenly falls back into place, and I realise she’s seen me with Mystique. I sigh heavily and then push to my feet. I need to see her.
Making my way upstairs, I bounce from one wall to another, trying desperately not to spill the contents of the bottle. I reach her room, and Scar dangles the key out towards me. “You sure you want to go in there like this?” I nod, resting against the wall. “It’s a bad idea, Pres. You’ll fuck it up.”
“I’ve done that, over and over,” I groan.
He unlocks the door, and I stumble inside. Mae is in her bed, her back to me. “Can I come in?” I slur.
“You’re already in,” she mutters, not moving to look at me.
“I love you, Mae.” I blurt it out before Scar has even closed the door, but, fuck, it feels good to say it out loud.
She sighs. “Sleep it off, Ace.”
“No, I really do love you.” She ignores me. I begin to undress, falling about and unable to keep my balance.
“I put the message out there that I want to meet up with him face to face,” I mutter, and Mae turns to look at me.
“Tag’s dad?”
“I’m gonna gut that bastard,” I add.
“No,” she snaps, “don’t meet him.”
“After everything that happened, I have to.”
“You don’t. Let Anton deal with him. You don’t have to be the fucking hero in this story.”
“I watched my woman being raped,” I growl. “I’ll slice him from head to toe and laugh while I do it.”
“Don’t do it for me. You saw what he did to Tag, his own son. He’ll kill you and then I’ll have lost you too.”
“I’ll die with his blood on my hands, and that will make me one happy motherfucker.” Mae huffs and pulls the sheet over her, turning away from me. “He has to pay, Mae. I can’t close my eyes without picturing them on you.” My voice cracks. “It’s fucking with my head.”
She reaches behind her until she finds my hand. She pulls it, and I lay down, tucking myself around her shaking body. She cries quietly, and for the first time in my adult life, I feel a tear roll down my face. This has broken us both, and I don’t know how to make it better.
“I want you to have a house and a puppy. A husband with a good job.”
“Like Lucy had with Noah? Acting like the perfect couple in public and then behind closed doors it was a different story? I want an honest man who loves me unconditionally and fiercely.”
“Mae, you don’t know what you’re getting into. You say fiercely, but I lose control. My obsession with you will become unbearable. It’s already started. I can’t be with anyone but you. I tried and I couldn’t.”
“I saw you kiss Mystique.”
“She kissed me,” I say defensively. “I told her I loved someone else. But before that, I tried to be with Angel, but I couldn’t. You’re in my head all the damn time.”
“Then stop fighting it, Ace.”
“I’ll take you and keep you. Possess you, drive you crazy.”
She turns in my arms, her eyes filled with hope. “All I’m asking for, is that you try.”
“What if we try and I drive you nuts? I won’t let you walk away, Mae.”
“I won’t walk away. Don’t you get it? I love you. I always have.”
I release a shaky breath. “I love you too.”
