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Ithasto be okay.
“We’re good,” she tells me, and she can barely get the last syllable out of her mouth before I’m sweeping her into my arms, burying her face into my chest as I rest my head on top of hers.
And for the first time in about twenty-four hours, my heart rate has gone back to a normal speed.
“I’m so sorry you felt that way, baby,” I mumble against her head, hating the idea that she had been anxious for no reason.
Pulling back, she looks at me sternly as she says, “You have no reason to be sorry. I should have talked to you instead of running away. It was childish and insecure.”
“You can always talk to me,” I assert, hoping we don’t have another misunderstanding like this again.
“I know, and I will,” she tells me, finally letting a smile take over her lips.
Grabbing my hand, she leads me to the couch.
“Will you stay for a bit?” she asks as she pulls me to sit down with her.
“I’ll stay for as long as you want,” I assure her, and I hope she knows I’m being one hundred percent honest.
I’d probably stay forever if she were to ask.
CHAPTER16
MARIA
I’m confident that Tyler has spent more time watching me than the romantic comedy we have playing on the screen.
Every thirty seconds, his eyes dart over to me, presumably gauging how I am after our first lover’s spat.
I was letting my own fears drive me rather than doing the adult thing and telling Tyler about what was on my mind. But I’m okay now and I trust that Tyler genuinely cares about me and wants this to be an exclusive and monogamous relationship.
However, it’s obvious that he’s still worried about my feelings. His uneasy demeanor and concerned gaze are telltale signs.
“Tyler,” I begin, looking up at him from where my head had been nestled into his chest, “everything alright?”
“Everything’s perfect,” he tells me, his voice excessively cheery.
He lowers his head down to press a soft kiss to my lips, and I happily lean into it. I missed his lips and worried if I’d ever get to feel them again. So soft and tender, made to pamper me. He’s easily the best kisser I’ve ever encountered.
He turns his attention back to the film, but that lasts only about five minutes before his eyes are wandering back over to me.
I don’t worry about it too much, hoping that soon, he’ll see that everything is okay. But after fifteen more minutes go by and he’s still repeating the same pattern, I decide to probe more.
“Tyler, I can feel you staring at me.”
He lets out a deep sigh as his arm tightens around me. “Are you sure that everything is fine? It’s perfectly normal to feel insecure sometimes, and I understand my past may be a little off-putting, but I need you to know that you are the only woman I’m interested in.”
His words are sweet and earnest. I pull away from his arms and crawl into his lap, straddling my legs over his hips.
“I can’t hold your past against you,” I explain, punctuating my point with a kiss.
He leans into the weight of my lips.
I try thinking back to the man I first met, and I don’t know how I could have thought Tyler was anything but amazing. He makes me feel like I’m not some stick-in-the-mud, but a person with my own quirks and feelings.
He makes my body buzz with excitement and desire, a feeling that is very present now as I sit straddled on his lap.
I let my hips roll back and forth once on his lap, finding his groan of pleasure satisfying.
