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“Talk to me, please?” she pleads, running her thumb over my bottom lip, her eyes sad.
So I cave.
“Do you still love him?” I ask, hating the pit in my stomach that starts growing the longer we sit here in silence. This feeling is new for me, and I don’t particularly like it.
“Hell no,” she says immediately, allowing me to breathe a bit easier. “There is no way I will ever get back together with him. If we weren’t together, I wouldn’t go back. We were never meant to be in the first place. He was what I needed at that point in my life, but now he can fuck right off.”
I still don’t say anything, not really knowing what to say at this point. Harper gets to her knees, resting her butt back down so that we’re now at eye level, and places her hands on my shoulders.
“I’m only going to say this once, okay?”
I nod as she places her hands on either side of my face and gives me a soft kiss.
“Cole and I were like oil and water. We were obsessed with each other when we first started dating.”
A low growl escapes as a small smile curves against her lips.
“I’m not going to lie to you, in the beginning things were great. At one point I thought he was the one.”
My body tenses at the idea of that fucker getting his hands on her.
“But after a while, things started to change, and he became controlling, and I found myself doing anything and everything possible to make him happy just so he wouldn’t get mad.” She stops as I pull her onto my lap and kiss her neck as I breathe in her scent.
“Did he ever hit you?” If the answer is anything but no, I don’t know how I will react, but when she shakes her head, a sense of relief washes over my entire body and I deflate back against the headboard.
“No, he was never physical, but now after it’s all over, I realize just how mentally abusive he became.”
I give her a quizzical look and a sad smile crosses her features.
“We would go out on dates, and he would tell me to change if he didn’t like what I was wearing. It got to the point where he would just pick out my outfits because it saved us the fight that would arise. He had an opinion on everything, from my hair to the color of my nail polish. It became exhausting.”
“Jesus,” I groan, lowering my head to her chest, breathing in her scent, allowing it to sink deep within me to calm down the rage that’s flowing through me. I pull her to me, wrapping my arms around her, needing her close. “I’m sorry, Sunshine,” I whisper, kissing my way up her neck and across her jaw. “The idea of you and him together makes me so angry.” I can’t help the tension that rolls over my shoulders as she leans back, her eyes begging mine to understand.
“I know it does, but you have to trust me and my words.”
Without thinking, I give her a look and she chuckles to herself.
“I guess I should take my own advice, huh?”
I smirk, kissing her lightly, knowing I don’t have to say anything.
“I’m sorry,” she mumbles, her eyes focusing on her hands that have fallen between us.
“Harper.” My voice stern as my thumbs graze the side of her face. “There is nothing for you to apologize for. If I was in your position, I would have done the same thing, I just want you to know that I mean what I say. I’m not fucking around to get in your pants.”
“A little late for that, huh?” A laugh bubbles out of me as her shoulders shake. “Okay.” Her smile lights up her face as I kiss her one more time, pulling away before things get too heated.
“I leave for another road trip tomorrow; I’m gone for a week.”
She nods, saying nothing.
“When I get back, I want to take you on a date.”
She tilts her head again, a questioning smile crossing her lips.
“I want to start over, forget about what happened before this moment.”
“Okay.” She’s biting her bottom lip, and it takes all of my self-control not to devour her the way I want.
