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It was quite a revelation last night and I have no words for Tag and his confessions, nor mine.
Everything feels like a whirlwind and I’ve no idea what’s going to happen next.
The man spooning behind me—spooning—isn’t the man I thought I knew. He has many complex layers and I’m here for all of them.
I don’t know how we’re going to broach our parents, but it’s something that has to be done if we want to move forward and be a couple.
A couple?I can’t even believe that’s a possibility.
Tag’s words have hit me all at once, and to be honest, I’m still processing. It’s not like him to wear his heart on his sleeve, but something about my face last night got him in the feels. I never expected to go there and end up confessing to him about what my dad did. In truth, I didn’t want him to know in fear of what he’d do. Seeing his face, and the jealousy that flashed in his eyes last night, told me all that I needed to know.
There is nothing this man won’t do for me, and it’s taken me a long time to realize that and for him to admit it.
Maybe my dad being an absolute asshat was the push he needed. I don’t know. All I do know is that the possessiveness I saw is what I needed to realize that what I was feeling wasn’t one sided. Tag does feel the same way.
As much as he is a grumpy asshole for the majority of the time. He can also be gentle when he wants to be. And only with me. I love that about him.
I love you too, Lu.
What in the ever-living fuck?
I groan as he moves in my arms, and I feel his mouth press against my neck.
“Make me fuckin’ hot when you wrap around me,” he grumbles, pulling me closer to his body.
“Then get your paws off me,” I fire back.
“Coffee.”
“Is that you politely asking for coffee, or?”
“Need it.”
“Get up and make it then.”
He bumps me with his hips. “One sugar. Extra cream.”
“Now I know you don’t think I’m the type of woman who jumps to your command just because you said you loved me.”
“Was wonderin’ how long it’d take for you to bring that up. All of five seconds,” he grumbles.
I chuckle, happiness flooding through me.
Is this what it feels like to be happy?
How could I have gone from being down and out yesterday, thinking all was lost and just needing to be close to Tag… to this. The two of us snuggling together. He was right. I was using sex as a weapon, not intentionally. But it numbed the pain. It made me feel good, but it didn’t fix anything. It wouldn’t have made me happy. All it would’ve done in the long run is make us both miserable.
I still haven’t told Tag about Gary, and it scares me that I will have to. I just think that digesting the information about my father and that asshole Brian was enough for one night. However, Tag isn’t stupid.
I will tell him. I think a part of me is just embarrassed, obviously. I just wanted to forget about the whole thing and move on from it. Aside from the fact he scammed me, I don’t want this coming back to haunt me. Not that I’ve heard from Gary in years.
He lived up to his promise and dropped off the grid. I could never understand how anyone could do something like that to another person and live with themselves. I can only hope karma gets him in the end.
“Well, excuse me if I don’t just gloat in my own merriment for half a second,” I sing-song. Turning in his arms, I press a kiss to his nose, and he gives me a look. “I will make your coffee, but not because you’re ordering me around, you big, grumpy asshole.”
“You sound so sexy when you talk like that.”
I throw the duvet back and pull Tag’s t-shirt over my head, which is the closest thing I can find. It fits me like a dress as I flash him my ass on the way by and go find the kitchen. His apartment is huge.
