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I should leave.
This shouldn’t feel like home …
But it does.
So I sink into his embrace, letting the tears fall.
He doesn’t say anything at first. He just holds me and runs his palm over the back of my head as I cry.
My world is imploding.I can feel it.
If I’m honest, my world has been imploding since the moment London came back into my life.
Longer, actually.
There’s no going back now.
Not when I’ve done the unthinkable.
I’ll have to tell Seth.
I’ll have to …
“This is on me, Lily,” he whispers. “I never should have … If you didn’t want me to— I’m so sorry.”
I pull back, wiping at my face. “No. Don’t do that.”
“Do what?” he asks, genuine confusion written across his handsome face.
“Shoulder the blame,” I respond with a tight throat.
“I kissed you, Lily. This was me, it’s all me. Please, don’t—” he says, trying to convince me—or maybe convince himself—that I wasn’t as much to blame.
“Don’t you get it? I wanted it, too. But I shouldn’t want—” I shake my head, my eyes slamming shut.
I should be stronger than this.
I knew I was treading a dangerous line but I had to push my limits.
And here we are.
“You deserve to be happy, Lily. I said it earlier and I meant it. Youdeserve better.You deserve so much love and joy, and plenty of mind-blowing sex, if that’s what you want …” he sighs heavily, then shrugs. “Truth?”
My lip quivers, but I nod. “Truth.”
“Do I regret the kiss? No, I don’t. I probably should, but I don’t. Consider me an asshole, but I’d do it all over again. Hell, I want to now, even though I know we shouldn’t,” he says, clenching and unclenching his jaw. “I know you’re married. I get it. But … you’re not imprisoned. You still have choices.”
I watch him fight with himself, his eyes as tortured as I feel.
“Do I wish you’d choose me?” he says softly.
My breath catches in my throat and I wait for him to answer that question.
He reaches out, brushing another tear from my cheek. “Lily, I’d be lying if I said no. So, do I wish you’d choose me? Hell, yeah.I do.”
My heart practically leaps out of my chest when I look into his intense blue eyes. The eyes I’ve known for so long. The only eyes who’ve ever looked at me the way he does. Like I’m the most beautiful woman on the planet.
“You do?” I gape at him.
