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

by Kelsey Clayton

chest as he stares into my eyes, like he’s been missing this all his life. “I’m already there, but I figured you deserve to hear it first.” He takes a nervous breath and tucks my hair behind my ear. “I love you, Laiken. I am so massively in love with you, and I’m sorry that I didn’t realize it sooner.”

The pain of missing you is worse than anything he could’ve done to me.” Sighing, I wrap my arms around him, and we hold each other close, my head on his chest. “I wasn’t trying to force you into telling him, you know. I just wanted to know it could happen eventually. That you saw a future with me.” “Lai,” he says, bending his neck and moving me away so he can look into my eyes. “You are the only future I see.”

“I need you.” My words come out like a desperate plea. Hayes deepens the kiss, only stopping for a second to respond. “You have me, baby. You always have me.”