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I turned and came almost nose to chest with him.
When I went to take a step back, he caught my hip and pulled me in close. Then he wrapped those big arms around me and hugged me tight.
“I’m sorry,” he rumbled. “I’m so damn sorry.”
I sank into his embrace, relishing in the way he could make me feel so freakin’ small.
At five-foot-nine, I wasn’t a small girl. I was curvy and ample and let’s just say, I felt big next to every other man I’d dated.
But Kristoff…he was big and perfect.
And made me want to hold on tight and never let go.
We stayed like that for a while. A solid ten minutes at least.
And only when my neck felt raw from holding it at the angle I was, did I pull away.
“Would you like a drink?” I asked.
He nodded, then walked with me to the kitchen.
He took a seat while I walked to the fridge and pulled out two bottles of Heineken.
Handing him one, I took a seat across from him and waited.
He flipped the top off and then handed his to me before taking mine and doing the same.
I took a long swallow, nerves taking flight in my belly.
“I’m an idiot,” he said. “The only thing I can say is…I was a little bit lost. I was doing things, reacting in real time, and I can’t say I’m sorry enough. I should’ve asked. I should’ve brought this up to you. But we hadn’t even started, and there were so many freakin’ emotions going on…I didn’t….I didn’t realize that I hadn’t dealt with those. I know this might sound like a line but…I’ve done nothing but think about you since I stopped texting and calling.”
It did sound like a line.
But it was a line that I was willing to take as sincere.
Kristoff had never lied to me.
He’d also been very upfront and honest with me about everything up until he’d ghosted me.
Sure, he’d ghosted me, but if anyone had a great excuse for that, it was him.
I mean, it wasn’t every day that you found out you were a father.
I licked my lips, then stared at him for a long time before I said, “What now?”
“Catch me up on your life,” he suggested. “Are you still doing that placement thing?”
I snickered. “If by placement thing you mean am I still working with actors to find out the best way to stage a sex scene then…yes.”
His eyes twinkled.
“Can that be done from anywhere?” he asked.
I thought about that for a long moment.
I looked around the living room and stared, taking in all the randomly placed furniture.
Then I looked at Kristoff.
