A Drop of Pretty Poison (Pretty Poison Trilogy #2)

by Kelsey Clayton

“So, you’re falling in love with me, huh?” I smirk, still in disbelief that he spoke those words. His expression turns skeptical as he hums. “I mean, you’re all right.”

“I love you, Laiken. I am so massively in love with you, and I’m sorry that I didn’t realize it sooner.”

“You are the only future I see.”

I chose the wrong road and lost the one girl who means more to me than anyone. So, I turned the fuck around and chose again.

I snort at his choice of words, and my laughter gradually builds when I realize that was for his mom’s benefit. Around his friends? Sexy motherfucking badass. Around his mom? Angelic mama’s boy.

So, Laiken…” He pauses just to drive me insane. “Will you officially be mine? My out-in-the-open, hold-your-hand-no-matter-who-can-see girlfriend?”

If there’s ever a time when this girl is all I have, I’ll be okay, because she’s all I will ever need.

“This place up to your standards, princess?” Hayes isn’t even bothered by the nickname. “The surf shop?” Marc’s head whips over to us. “You mean this isn’t a Chuck-E-Cheese? Yes, the surf shop, dipshit.”

I put my hand over his and tap my thumb three times. I. Love. You. He smiles as he exhales and does four back on my leg. I. Love. You. Too.

“You listened,” I breathe. He moves to stand in front of me, sliding his hand to the back of my neck and rubbing behind my ear. “I hang on every single word you say.”

“I’m so fucking addicted to you.” I smile because I feel it, too. Every time he kisses me. Every time he says my name. Every time I even look at him. He’s the only man I’ve ever loved, and he’s the only one I ever will love. Because this kind of addiction—it stays. It never fades. There’s no recovery. No chance of stopping.

The fact that they won’t have a man in the house anymore sits in the back of my mind, but I know they’ll be fine. The two of them scare the ever living shit out of me. If anyone decides to break in, that’s between them and God.

“That I was falling in love with you. I tried so hard to keep you out, but I couldn’t. It was beyond my control.” She bites her lip, but her grin widens anyway. “And you tried to say we aren’t meant to be.” “Biggest regret of my life,” I reply honestly. “You are the only one I’m ever meant to be with.”

“Laiken,” he says seriously. “Will you please move in with me so that I don’t have to spend another cold and lonely night without you for the rest of my life?”

I have a person that doesn’t only make my day better but makes me look forward to every day after it. I have someone who has taught me what it feels like to care about another person more than I could ever care about myself. My other half. My favorite person. My once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.

“There will never be a day that I don’t love you.” I move my left hand and rest it on top of hers, showing our tattoos of each other’s initials together. “You’re my forever.”