Cupids Peak

by Lee Jacquot

One of his shoulders lifts half-heartedly. “The only attention I ever wanted, I’m getting right now.”

“I dare you to let me show you how obsessed I was with you ten years ago.”

That even after all these years, I haven’t found anyone who makes me smile or laugh or feel at home the way you did?”

“Every second my hands aren’t on you, every minute my mouth has to wait to taste you, it’s torture, Mia.”

“My secret—my truth, Mia—is that you belong to me. Always have. Always will.”

My heart leaps into my throat, but unlike what it once was over a decade ago, it’s in exhilaration. He was good about keeping me in the shadows while I made some life adjustments, but then he wanted me on his arm. He wanted the world to know that I’m his and he’s mine.

“Mia de la Cruz, I have been in love with you since my freshman year of high school.”

“When we were in that booth, and you were teaching me how to pass Mr. Clorey’s class, all that really happened was I fell farther down a hole. From your genuine encouragement, that addicting smile, and your laugh? Ha. Nothing and no one would ever be able to get me out of the hold you had on my heart.”