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My ears perk up, and I feel slightly guilty for eavesdropping, but I need all the help I can get at this point.
“It’s just that he was… amazing. Like… too good to be true, you know?”
Penny nods as if she really understands.
“And he’s well established, with a booming business in LA and New York and some other fancy city. I wouldn’t fit into his life.”
My heart sinks at her words. Does she really think that? I’d give up all the “fancy cities” in the world and move to a remote ranch if that’s what she wanted. In fact, that sounds pretty great. No distractions, and I can have my little girl all to myself.
“I’ll always have the memory of our night though,” Pia says wistfully.
Yeah, fuck that. One night will never be enough, and she knows it.
I clear my throat, announcing my presence so as not to startle her.
Pia turns, her eyes widening in shock when she sees me standing just outside the stall.
“Gavin,” she gasps.
I give her a tight smile. “Baby girl,” I say quietly. I see her shiver at my words, which gives me hope.
“What are you doing here?” she asks, genuine confusion painted on her face.
I give her a disapproving look.
“You snuck out,” I say flatly, crossing my arms over my chest. “You should have told me you wanted to leave. It’s not safe for you to be walking around, especially not at night.”
“I didn’t want to wake you,” she says.
Bullshit. Plus, that’s not the point.
“Are you lying to me, little girl?” I ask in warning. She looks away from me, unable to meet my gaze.
“I had to get back here.”
“Pia,” I say more harshly. She stares at her feet for a second before her eyes meet mine.
“It was just a one-night stand.”
“Says who?” I snap angrily. I know I need to calm down, but hearing her say those words has me losing my shit.
“We don’t belong together,” she says, her eyes pleading with me to accept that we’re over and stop torturing her. I can’t give her what she wants.
“Yes, we do. I’ve never been more positive about anything in my life, baby girl. You’re meant to be mine and you’ve owned me since the moment I saw you.”
I can see that she wants to believe me, but she’s been hurt too much. Life hasn’t been kind to Pia in the last year, and she’s not sure who to trust.
“Pia,” I say more softly. “I’ve never shared myself like that with anyone. What we did last night? That was so much more than sex.”
Her cheeks turn rosy at the mention of us together, and I know she’s remembering the way her body responded to mine.
“It was everything. You’re my heart. My whole damn world.”
My girl sniffles, dropping her gaze as she wraps her arms around her torso. She looks so small, so vulnerable and defeated. My hands twitch with the need to hold her, to soothe the wrinkle in her brow.
“Where do you really see this going?” she whispers. “How can we be anything more than a one-night stand? We just met. We don’t live anywhere close to each other, and we’re both so busy. We’ll never see each other.”
She blinks away tears, and the sight breaks my heart. I know she’s not going to believe me if I say that I love her, that I’ve been absolutely obsessed since I laid eyes on her, and that I’m never going to get over her. She’s trying to push me away right now, but I’m not going to let her. Not without a fight.
