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It’s over. It’s been over for two years. He’s wrong. If it was over, then what the hell has this entire trip been? The sex. The kiss. The need to hold me. We aren’t done.
Feelings suck sometimes. They’re my best friends, but they’re also my worst enemies.
“What are you going to do when I go to Hawaii with my family in January?” “Burn your passport before you can leave.”
“You’re doing so good, Freckles,” I say, kissing below her ear as I thrust harder. My voice is shaky, but I keep praising her. “Taking it so fucking well.”
She’s like my own sunrise. Beautiful. Perfect. She fills a part of me that’s been empty and dark for as long as I can remember.
The calmest I’ve ever felt in my life is when I’m with her. The voices are quiet, my heart slows to a healthy pace and I can sleep.
This isn’t a moment to be mega proud of Stacey, considering she’s caked in blood and heading for a breakdown, staring at me with wide eyes, but I fucking am proud. She fought.
It’s like a mixture of love and not being able to breathe unless she’s around – thoughts that run wild wondering what she’s doing, where she is, if she’s thinking of me. It’s the butterflies that flutter like maniacs when I know I’m going to see her soon. The Stacey Rhodes Effect.
“Because I love you. I’ve been in love with you for ages – it’s been all I’ve thought about. And I keep falling more in love with you every single fucking day.”
“Can we stay here forever?” “When it comes to you, Freckles, I’d do anything.”
Maybe if I die, I’ll reincarnate into a dog. Stacey likes dogs. She’ll cuddle me. I like her cuddles. Or maybe I can haunt her – make sure she doesn’t meet anyone else.
“Make them go away, Freckles.” “Make what go away?” I manage to ask. “The voices.”
Kade: Run and hide. Unless you want everyone to witness me fucking you? Having an audience won’t stop me – I’ll take you in front of the entire party.
Kade Mitchell is a glitch in my system. He was never supposed to be in my life. I was never supposed to sneak behind my friend’s back to take all of his firsts as I handed him mine. We were never supposed to fall in love and travel the world together.
It’s the villains that are the sexiest after all. Who wouldn’t want a bad boy?” “He’s a psychopath who murdered people.” Her cheeks turn a bright shade of red as she smiles. “Even better.”
I’m ready to tell everyone she’s fucking mine and I belong to her. You see that girl there? Mine. All mine.
“You cheated on me a month after we lost our daughter. Not with just anyone either. You screwed Jason. My big brother. No matter how many times we fuck, I will never ever fucking forgive you.”
I keep reminding myself that I’m doing all of this to protect her. Because not only is she my weakness, but she’s also my strength – my main reason for continuing, the air to my fucking lungs.
“You’ll be the father of my children, the love of my life and the person I get to grow old with.” I mark her throat as I whisper the words. “There’ll be no other ending for us, Freckles, because you’re fucking it for me.”
He swoops the cigarette from between my lips and tosses it out the window. “Spark that joint – I threw the other one away to be dramatic.”
Look at me now, my little princess. Daddy’s gone, and he’s never coming back.
“You are the worst visitor I’ve ever had in my life.” “Yet I’m still your favourite.”
“Let’s assume Kade does get his hands on me,” he says as he follows me with our bags. “Would you help him, Stacey?” I throw my head back and laugh. “He’s the son of Tobias Mitchell. He doesn’t need help.”
It feels good to be in the arms of someone who cares. I haven’t had that in a while.
