Page 48 of A Second Chance At Forever

We ended up buying so much we had to have employees follow us around pushing carts. After we got the items we needed for the kitchen, which wasn’t very much because neither of us cooked more than mac and cheese, we went to search for bed linens. Shopping took the majority of the day, but we made it back to the apartment in time to meet with the furniture delivery guys.

They loaded everything into the apartment as Alissa and I told them which room the furniture needed to be taken to. I even paid a couple guys to bring the stuff up out of my car. It was a task, I don’t know how we managed to cram everything into my small VW Beetle, but we did.

After everything was put into its general area, we got to work setting everything up. I was in middle of hooking up the living room TV when Alissa decided she was starving.

“I can’t wait until morning,” she complained, throwing herself onto the couch for dramatic effect.

“Run and grab something. My keys are on the counter, I think.” I lifted my eyes from the TV to scan the room for my keys.

“Do you want anything?” Alissa asked while pulling her shoes on.

“Yeah, just grab me whatever.” I pressed the power button on the TV and watched as it lit up.

Alissa grabbed my keys and headed for the door.

I was in middle of hooking up the Blu-ray player when someone knocked on the door. I stopped messing with the cords and stood from the floor.

Thinking Alissa had forgotten something, I opened the door without looking through the peephole. It was Mason.

“Hey, what are you doing here?” I asked, not bothering to let him in.

“I went to your dad’s. He gave me this address. Can we talk?” His ice-blue eyes were shining in the dimly lit hallway.

“Does your girlfriend know you’re here?” I opened the door wider so he could walk in.

“Don’t do that.” He turned to look at me, pain showing through his eyes.

“Do what?” I closed the door and turned to look at him. “You probably shouldn’t be here without her knowing.” I walked past him and sat on the couch.

“We need to talk about that.” Mason sat down next to me. My whole body began to buzz and every hair stood on end.

I pushed past the feelings. “What’s to talk about? You said you were going to break up with her, you slept with me, then didn’t break it off. Did I forget anything?”

“Lennox, you know me. You know I wouldn’t do something like that to you. I was planning on breaking up with her Sunday night, but she surprised me with her parents. I couldn’t break up with her in front of them, so I decided to do it yesterday. That’s why we were at the bar, I was going to break up with her over dinner.”

“So, did you?” I asked, not meeting his eyes. I knew they were something I needed to avoid. If I looked into them, I would’ve gotten lost and all thoughts would’ve flown out the window.

“I tried.” His jaw flexed as his eyes locked on mine.

I let out a loud breath and stood from the couch. “Do you not want to break up with her? Just had to take me for one more spin? What is it?” I felt the anger rise up inside of me.

Mason stood and wrapped his arms around me. His heat sank into me while his scent clouded my head.

“Don’t do that. You’re not getting out of this.” I shook free from his arms. I knew that if I stayed wrapped in them, everything would’ve fallen away again and we would’ve ended up doing something stupid.

“She thinks she’s pregnant, Lennox.” He fell to the couch.

Pregnant. She’s pregnant? How the fuck could this happen? Mason is supposed to be mine. I’m supposed to have his baby, not Nicole. He’s going to be gone forever now. He is my only chance for happiness, for love, for my ever after. I’m never going to get another chance like him again. He was it for me. I fucked up, I left him here, broke his heart, and he found someone else. Someone else he is now having a baby with.

“Congratulations.” I moved to the kitchen.

“I don’t want this, not with her,” he stood and followed me. “It’s not supposed to be this way. I want you, Lennox. I’ve only ever, wanted you.” He closed the distance between us and pressed a kiss to my lips.

I was surprised. My lips tingled with pleasure, finally getting what they had wanted for so long.

I allowed myself to forget everything for the moment. I just enjoyed feeling his soft lips against mine one last time. I wrapped my arms around his neck and tangled my fingers into his hair, gently pulling him closer to me.

A whimper escaped me from the feeling the kiss stirred inside me.

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