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Slapping his knees, he wipes the tears out of his eyes. “’Bout damn time!” He hollers and then he drives off, still laughing his fool ass off.
I get her inside the house and then slam the door, jogging upstairs to my bedroom and throwing her on the bed, grinning when her tousled curls barely hide the flames in her blue eyes.
She says with chilling coldness in her voice, “I cannot believe that you just kidnapped me and then dragged me, tied, past your cousin! What the hell is he gonna think?”
I laugh. “He’s gonna think I finally found my balls after all these years. Half the town thinks you’ve got them in your purse. You’ve had every part of me since we were barely able to say sex, let alone do it.”
She flushes and I see that coiling heat from last night in her sapphire gaze. “You don’t know what you’re saying,” she mutters, tugging at her hands. “Do you mind untying me?”
I cock my head. “I don’t know. I think it might be more fun to keep you tied up for now.”
“Untie me, Sebastian.”
“We need to talk first.”
“We can talk when I’m untied.”
I kneel in front of her and my hands start tugging at the knots. I look up into her flushed face and her fingers trembling under my hand.
“Misty?” Her breath catches softly. My hands still. “I love you, Misty. I always have and I always will. I’m so sorry that I did what I did all those years ago.”
Her blue eyes lift to mine and I can see the buried hurt in her gaze. “I never understood why,” she whispers.
“I knew you were still hurting and upset from your parents’ death. I felt like I was taking advantage of your shock and pain and it made me sick that maybe you didn’t know what you were doing and I was pressuring you. I wanted you to have time to grieve and time to really consider what we were doing. I never thought that you would stop talking to me. I never thought that it would hurt you so badly.”
Her eyes soften and her voice is husky and gentle. “I’ve always loved you too, Sebastian. Even when we were kids, I knew that there was something special between us. I knew in my heart that I was yours and you were mine.”
I lift my hands and caress her face, cupping her cheeks. “God, I love you. I love you so much. I have needed you for so damn long. It’s killed me that you wouldn’t talk to me.”
Her lips curl and she smiles. “What happened to Jimmy Hunter?”
I squint and my mouth falls open. “What?”
“What happened to Jimmy Hunter?”
I sit back on my heels. “Why do you need to know that?”
“Call it curiosity?”
Groaning, I stand up and run my fingers through my hair. “Shit! Fine! I beat his ass. He ran his mouth about you and I beat his ass and threatened to kill him if he ever went near you again.”
“I knew it!” She crows, “I knew that you did that!”
I kneel at her feet again. “You’re not mad, are you?”
She shakes her head. “Naw. He was a jerk. I should have never gone out with him.”
I sit back again and fury rages through me. “Did he touch you?” I start to jump to my feet. “I’ll kill him.”
“Nope!” She grabs at my arms and holds them in her tied hands. “I don’t want anything to do with that guy and you shouldn’t either.”
“Okay. What do you want?”
“I want you to untie me, kiss me and make love to me like we should have all those years ago. And then I want to fall asleep in your arms because I didn’t get shit for sleep last night. I missed you and it… it hurt when you left.”
“I want that more than anything. Not the hurt. Fuck, I wish I’d never done that. But I didn’t mean to. I just wanted to make sure that you didn’t get hurt. And instead, I hurt you worse.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
