Page 76 of Last Chance Seduction
He moved forward then, cupping my face.I sucked in a breath, his touch warm, familiar.
“I love you, Mercy.I didn’t mean to fall this fast.But I don’t regret it.It would have been inevitable because I fucking love you.And I know I’m not the easiest man to be with.I work too hard, I’m sometimes too far into my head, and my family’s ridiculous, but I love you.And I want to be with you.I want to figure out how to live in this new world of ours together.And I don’t want to forget where we came from.I don’t want to forget Emily.I don’t want to forget what we’ve lost.I love you.So please, take me back?Forgive me?I’m an asshole.An idiot.A stupid man.But this stupid man loves you.”
I hadn’t realized that a tear had fallen until he wiped it away, and I shook my head.
His eyes went wide in that moment, and I realized he took the shake of my head wrong.
“I’m sorry.And of course you’re forgiven.I was going to forgive you as soon as I saw you next.Because we just needed to talk.Something that neither one of us is very good at when it comes to each other.We’re both great at listening to others, but not ourselves.”
“Damn straight.But I’m figuring it out.With you.I love you.And it was always real to me, Mercy.You have to believe that.”
“I do.And I love you too.”
He smiled so wide then, I couldn’t help but kiss his chin.
“I hadn’t realized how long I’d been waiting for those words.”
“Well, I’m just going to say it, and you’re going to have to deal with the fact that I am ridiculous sometimes.”
“Same.And my family’s even worse.”
“I don’t mind.”
Something scratched at the glass door behind us, and I turned to see Mr.Darcy there, on his back feet, meowing loudly at us.
“I guess we should let him in.And I know he thanks you for fixing the door,” I said with a laugh.
“Ah.I get it.You just love me for my handyman skills?”
“Well, that’s part of it.”
He brushed his lips against mine, and then we went to let Mr.Darcy in, and I couldn’t help but laugh as the cat wove his way around Lex’s legs before nearly tripping us both.
“I see how it is.I’m not forgiven by him, am I?”
“Probably not.But I don’t think I’m forgiven for breathing either.”
“Again.Sometimes I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing.So you’re just going to have to coach me with this whole falling in love and wanting to be with someone thing, okay?”
“The last time I loved somebody, it turned out they were a lying snake who decided to send people after me.So yes, let’s work on this whole being together thing together.”
“Deal.”
And when he crushed his mouth to mine, I melted into him.
Because I hadn’t meant to fall for Lexington Montgomery.But if I was honest with myself, I knew it had always been inevitable.
Because he had always been the one there for me.Even when I hadn’t expected it.
And now there was truly nothing fake about this.
And there was never going to be again.
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“Why isit that you wearing my shirt and nothing but my shirt while cooking me brunch is the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life?”
I moved the eggs off of the burner and turned to Lexington, raising a brow.
