Page 68 of Every Inch of You
“Viv. Go find out for sure. I’ll explain to Mom and everyone, don’t worry aboutit.”
I hugged her. “I love you somuch.”
I ran back to my room without making eye contact with my mother so I wouldn’t feel the need to stop and explain things to her. I heard Connor call my name, and I heard my sister tell him to stay put. The DJ was playingAin’t No Mountain High Enoughand my heart was racing even faster than my feet and nothing could keep me from getting to Brad and telling him I loved him no matterwhat.
When I gotto my phone, it was charged and I could finally see that he had sent me five text messages that he was coming to find me and that he had talked to Sebastian. I saw that he had left two voicemails but I didn’t wait to listen to them. I called him. I didn’t expect him to answer. I was planning to leave a long rambling message. He picked up after the firstring.
“Hi.” His voice was soft. Hearing it gave mebutterflies.
“Oh my God, Brad. I’m not with Connor, he was crying and I was comfortinghim!”
“Oh. Okay.Good.”
“Where are you? I’m coming to findyou.”
“Did you get mymessages?”
“I did just now—my phone died last nightand—”
“Right. Okay. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry for what you heard from Sebastian and I’m sorry that it wastrue.”
“Itwas?”
“I’m not going to lie to you. It was true up until it wasn’t. For whatever reason, trying to hate you was the thing that motivated me. Because it was the only thing that could keep me away from you. I didn’t seek you out so that I could break your heart. When you came to me, I…like I said, that idea was the only thing that kept me from losing myself in you all overagain.”
“Again?”
“You really don’t get it, doyou?”
“You really can’t tell me how you feel, canyou?”
“Oh God, thisagain?”
“Sorry. Goon.”
“Once we started…” His voice lowered. “Once we started sleeping together, I just wanted to be with you, I swear. I need you to believethat.”
“Okay.”
“Do you believeit?”
“Yes. I mean, I don’t like it, but Iunderstand.”
“It’s not something I’m proud of, believeme.”
“Where areyou?”
There was a longpause.
“Brad? Where are you rightnow?”
“Open thedoor.”
“What?”
I heard a knock on the door to my hotel room. “Open thedoor.”
I dropped the phone, ran to the door, and found the most beautiful man I’d ever seen, in a gorgeous navy blue suit and green tie that matched his eyes. He put his phone in his pocket, grabbed me and kissed me. I never wanted to stop kissing him,ever.
