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Autumn
Ineed to see Luc.
I’m at the back of the arena, waiting for the Hawks to finish their training session. I'm concealed in the corridor where they keep all the sports equipment.
Luc and I have met here a few times so we could see each other after training.
I've been going crazy since the other night. Everything is one big mess, the type of mess that keeps growing bigger and bigger with more complications.
I've also held off telling my father about Evan because of that.
I still plan to tell him, but not while he's on the warpath and out for Luc's head. Yesterday when I heard Dad threatening Luc, the first thing I worried about was that he would connect Luc to Evan's attack if I told him what happened to me.
I worried that Dad wouldn't care about what Evan did to me but would use that information to get rid of Luc.
I've had several examples of Dad brushing things under the rug over the years for me to arrive at that conclusion.
This was the kind of disaster I feared when I tried to hide what happened from Luc.
I can’t help but think that I’ve made everything worse by deciding to be with him. But I know in my heart that I would choose Luc every single time if I had to do this all over again. I would choose him because I love him.
I don't know when I fell for him, or what specifically happened. It seemed like I woke up in love and suddenly he was a part of me. A vital piece of me that was no less important than my heart, my lungs, or my brain.
I've never felt love like that for anyone. I realized earlier that the reason I'd never met anyone like Luc before was because there isno onelike him.
There is no other man for me. For me to accept that is huge and life-changing.
I remember what Zoe said to me that night of my first date with Luc about us wanting each other for so long. That desire has only grown stronger over the last few months.
"Venus." The sound of Luc’s voice fills my heart.
With a smile on my face I turn to find him standing in the gap between the walls. The sight of him dressed in his hockey gear with his hair damp from sweat and a five-o’clock shadow exhilarates me.
I rush straight into his arms and inhale him, loving that he’s mine.
Luc holds me and kisses me as if this is the first and last time we'll ever kiss.
"I missed you so damn much, baby," he murmurs against my lips.
"I missed you too."
He cups my face and kisses me for a while. I relish this moment the same way I have with all moments like these.
Inching back, Luc looks at me. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay."
He checks my neck and plants little kisses where my bruises were. There are still some left. It's not as bad as it was the other day, but you can tell that something happened to me.
"I'm not sorry for what I did, Autumn," he states with reflection. "No matter what happens, I'm not sorry."
"I don't want you to get in trouble for me, Luc."
That good old smile returns to his face and he kisses the top of my nose. "Venus, my goddess, my heart was already in damn trouble the first moment I saw you and decided you had to be mine."
I chuckle.
"It's true. It was," he confirms.
