The Pact (The McGregor Brothers, #1)

by Karina Halle

“And because no one has ever told me,” he goes on quietly, “I never had anyone to tell. I didn’t really know what love was because no one defined it for me. I only knew what it wasn’t. But you, Steph, you’ve always been different. You’ve had my heart from day one. James saw you first but I can guarantee you had my heart before you had his. I’ve never got to tell you this, because I kept this love to myself. If no one would share with me, I wouldn’t share with them. I was a greedy fucker.” He pauses. “But I loved you. Never as a friend. Always as something more. From the moment you walked into the bar, you owned the word and what it meant for me. I prayed and I dreamed that one day I would get to tell you myself. That no matter how you felt, I would tell you that I loved you and nothing could change that. That it was mine to give to you.” He inhales deeply and says, “And so, I love you, baby blue. I am in love with you. You are love to me. And I’m honored I’m finally able to tell you.”