Page 50 of Spiralling Skywards
“I don’t think I am.”
“Would you spend the next few years waiting for me to divorce Olivia? Would you have me back if I went back to her?”
“No.” There wasn’t an ounce of hesitation in that single word.
“Exactly. That’s because you’re stronger than your mother was. You’re not like her, bub. You’ll never be like her. You’ll neverhaveto be like her, because I wouldneverdo that to you.”
“Promise?”
“Sarah . . .” I said her name on an exhale. “I’ve known Olivia since she was born. I’ve known you for a month. Just four weeks and I’m falling fast, you’ve gotta know this.”
She shrugged her shoulders as her cheeks turned pink.
“This move wasn’t supposed to be permanent.” Her brows drew down into a frown and her mouth dropped open, but I don’t give her chance to speak.
“But you’ve changed that for me. In an instant, you changed all of that. Right now, I’m exactly where I wanna be, wherever you are, is where I wanna be, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.” I drew in a deep breath. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner that I wasn’t divorced yet, I really am, but now you know, and I just wanna move forward. We need to come clean to your brother and go public. I want the world to know that we’re together, Sarah. We might have to put up with a bit of shit from Luke at first, I get that. You’re his little sister, there’s an eight-year age difference between us, and he knows that I’ve not divorced Olivia yet, so yeah, he’s not gonna be too pleased with me, but so what?” My eyes searched her face as I tried to convey the honesty in my words.
“I’ll cop it on the chin because I think we’re worth it. What we’ve got is worth dealing with a pissed off Luke for.”
She smiled, and I finally got to see her dimple.
“Please don’t let me down, Liam.”
Jesus, her request felt like my chest had been cracked wide open and layers flayed from my heart.
I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her as tightly to me as I could. No space between us.
“I’d never do that, pretty girl.”
“You won’t leave me and go back to her?”
“Never.”
“You promise?”
“I promise, Sarah.”
I kissed her neck and her jaw. Then I found her lips, and I kissed them too. I pulled my T-shirt off over her head and moved us so that she was underneath me and naked.
“I want you again, but I don’t wanna make you sore.”
“I’m good,” she replied.
“You sure?”
“Positive.”
“I think I need to investigate.”
“I do too.”
I kissed my way down her beautiful little body.
“Oh. I. Liam?” I looked up from between her legs and met her gaze.
“You doing okay, bub?
“I’ve never . . .” She pushed herself up on her elbows and looked down her body at me. “No one’s ever done that to me . . .forme, before.”
