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But Jaxson and I formed a bond, one so strong, it is unbreakable. I unconditionally and irrevocably love every damaged part of him. And for the boy who doesn’t believe in love, he will always and forever have mine.
“Please understand. I need to do this. I need to get out of this fucking town; I don’t belong here. The only thing that kept me here as long as it has is you.”
She deserves everything good, everything I’m not.
Even though I didn’t ever plan to take her, I made sure no one else had her either.
I lost the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
“I’m going to miss you. But I want you to know that when you come back, you will always have someone here waiting for you.”
“I’m not better than you, I’m better with you.”
“Jesus, Julia, you have no idea,” he breathes. “If you only knew how beautiful I think you are, you would never question it again.”
There were times I thought I’d never see her again, and that was when I decided if I ever got out of there alive, I wouldn’t stay away. Not anymore. I stayed away as long as I did because after knowing what it felt like to be inside of her, I couldn’t trust myself not to do it again. It’s going to be hell on my control, but I need her in my life. I’ve seen so much bad shit over the last few years; I need her to remind me of the good again.
“Just who the hell do you think you are? You have no say in how I answer my door. You have no say in anything I do in my life. Not anymore. So you can take your self-righteous ass and get out of my house.” I brush past him to show him to the door but he grabs my arm and pulls me back, his hard face only inches from mine. “I don’t think so, baby. We have unfinished business, and you’re not going anywhere until you hear me out.”
“You are my business and you always will be. Whether you like it or not.”
“This isn’t over. I’m not giving up.” Without another word, he releases me and walks out. My feet remain planted as I hear the door open behind me, my skin still warm from his lips. I’m yanked from the beautiful feeling at the sound of Jaxson’s angry voice. “I’m nowhere near done with you, Jennings. If you hurt her in any way tonight I will fucking kill you.”
“I’m telling you now, Julia, I won’t put up with it. If you’re with me, then you won’t be seeing him.” My eyes snap to his, anger beginning to override my exhaustion. “Don’t, Wyatt. Don’t make me choose, because if you do, it won’t be you. I don’t know what’s going to happen with Jaxson, but no one tells me who I can be friends with.”
“If you had tried to have sex with me, Julia, you would still be feeling me inside of you.”
“I promise, I’ll make this right.” “Maybe it’s too late?” “It’s never too late, because I will never give up on you.”
“Jaxson, love isn’t always something you learn, it’s something that you feel. And I know you feel it, I can see it in your eyes every time you look at her.”
“I swore to myself that if I got out of there alive I’d fix the mess I made with you. I can’t live without you, Julia. I’ll fix this, even if it kills me trying.”
The fact that Wyatt thinks Julia is his goes to show just how crazy he is. Everyone in this town has always known she’s mine.
“After seeing the tattoo don’t you understand that you did? The angel is you, Julia. You were always there with me in the darkness. Every time those fuckers came in to torture us, I went into my mind and thought about you.” My breath seizes in my lungs, his words stealing my breath. “I would think about your smile and your eyes,” he says, his thumb brushing my cheek. “Then I would think about the night I was buried inside your warm body, and I’d completely lose myself in you. It made everything I went through bearable, it made me fight to get the fuck out of there.”
love seeing you burn for me, baby.”
Jaxson, somebody is going to fill that position sooner than later. You can’t expect her to be alone for the rest of her life. So if I were you, I’d pull your head out of your ass and lay your claim before it’s too late.”
“I’m going to take you home and bury myself so deep inside that sweet pussy of yours. My scent will cling to every part of you. Then every fucking guy in the world will know you’re mine.”
wish I could take them away.” “You do.” It’s the honest truth, no one calms the darkness inside of me but her. She’s always been able to do that for me.
“I’ll never stay away again, Julia, I can’t. I need you as much as I need my next fucking breath, so get used to feeling me, because you’re mine.”
“Look at me, Julia.” Her eyes snap open at the command. “You feel this? Do you feel how perfect this is? This is the only pussy I want to feel around my dick—the only one. I could be the last man on the fucking planet having my pick, and I would always, only, pick you.” I stare down at her, willing her to see the truth.
“He doesn’t want the baby.” Saying the words out loud is torture. “I’m pregnant, Sawyer, but he doesn’t want us,”
“He said, ‘Just so you know, son,’” she mimics in a deep voice, “‘whatever you do to my daughter tonight, I do to you later.’”
“Please don’t leave me, I’m so sorry, so fucking sorry. I love you so much. Please, Julia, wake up!”
