Page 88 of Mr. Big Mistake
And I wanted to be able to walk alongside her during that journey.
“Brenden Michael Hearthstone, if you don’t start talking right--.”
I put my hands up. “I come in peace, Kelly. I promise.”
She snickered. “Just tell me what you want. This is supposed to be a good day. And seeing you only makes me hurt.”
I slowly lowered my hands. “I’m here because I want you back.”
She ran her gaze down my body. “Well, you should’ve thought about that before you decided to galavant off to some casino and leave me to wait for you. We had plans that night, remember?”
“I do remember, yes.”
“And yet, you chose to stay with some other woman anyway?”
“LaShonda, yes.”
She scoffed. “Why? Why, when you knew damn good and well how I felt about you, when you hurt me like that?”
“Nothing happened between us.”
“She was hanging all over you.”
“She was drunk, and not once did I touch her.”
Her eyebrows rose. “You better have a more convincing argument than that, Bee.”
I blinked. “What did you say?”
“I said, you better have a more convincing--.”
“You called me ‘Bee.’”
She paused. “Well, yeah.”
I grinned, “Since when did I have a nickname with you?”
She couldn't hide her blush. “Let’s get this over with so I can have a drink, please.”
I took a step toward her. “Before I went to the casino, I had lunch with Clint. And I have to admit, the conversation I had with him rattled me.”
“Why did you have lunch with Clint.”
“Because Zane wasn’t available.”
She blinked. “Well, what did the man say to you that spooked you so much?”
“The shortened version? That I was making a mistake. That how I felt for you was fabricated because of our predicament. And that if I really cared for you, then I needed to be prepared for a life of long nights, even longer days, with one woman for the rest of my life.”
She clicked her tongue. “Wow.”
“Yeah.”
“I didn’t realize you hated having me around so much.”
I reached for her hand. “That’s not it.”
She backed away. “Then what is it? Just put me out of my misery and get it over with.”
