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“Sometimes it’s not the butterflies that tell you you're in love, but the pain.” - Unknown
Perhaps, in the chaos of what we have become, it’s our way of justifying our actions.
Everything I’ve worked so hard for seems impossible to attain because of the one man who controls my life. Lex Edwards. My father.
“What if I never find a love like him?” “What if you find better?”
“Love isn’t easy, Amelia. And the stronger and deeper the love, the harder it will test you. How else will you know if that person is worth fighting for unless you put it to the test?”
She’s everything you can’t have. And everything you want at the same time. A deadly combination that never ends well.
That is, unless your sexual desire is toward the one man you can’t have. Or shouldn’t have. Either way, I’ve entered forbidden territory. The problem is, once you get a taste of it, it’s almost impossible to turn back.
“Because it’s you, Amelia,” he whispers so delicately. “You’re the one I can’t stop thinking about.”
“And I don’t understand why I want to tear apart any man who touches you in the slightest.”
“Then we keep us a secret. No one has to know but us.” “A forbidden affair…” I whisper.
“Our dirty little secret. No one has to know, but I do have one request.” “What is it?” “It’s only me,” he mouths softly. “Only I can touch you like this.”
speaker. “Just Christmas Eve dinner tonight at my parents’ place. You know what my dad is like, he’s drunk on eggnog watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It’s his tradition.”
Will: What I would give to bend you over for being naughty. Me: I’ll write a list of all the bad things I’ve done. Will: What’s number one? Me: You.
“I love you,” she utters, followed by a small hiccup. “I love you, William Rockford Romano.”
Surrounding us, people hug and kiss, but all I can do is stare into the eyes of this beautiful woman I want to call mine. Forever.
“I’m in love with you, Amelia Edwards,” I admit, gazing into her eyes. “And no one will stop us from being together. I promise you this.”
“Amelia, for as long as you choose us, I’ll protect what we have,” he urges, running his thumb against my bottom lip. “Do you promise, Will? This will get harder before it gets better.” “I love you, Amelia. No one will stand in our way, and that includes your father.”
I hate myself for it, but the thought of another man touching her sends me to the brink of insanity.
Lex Edwards officially won the bet. Yet all the money in the world means nothing if I can’t have the woman I love. The beautiful woman still standing in front of me. Amelia Edwards.
