Page 7 of It's Always Been You

CHAPTER7

The thing about Nash is…well, everything. He makes me laugh, he holds me when I cry, he’s seen me at my worst and my best…he’s the one. -Alex

Alex

I stretchin bed and groan as muscles that haven’t been used in a while make themselves known. I can’t stop the Cheshire grin that slides across my face as I remember exactly how I used all those muscles last night. Damn, Nash knows how to take care of a girl.

I glance over at his sleeping form. He’s completely nude, with the sheet barely covering anything, and I can’t help but admire him. He’s built like a Greek god, and I remember tasting and treasuring every bit of that exposed skin. He made me feel like a goddess too; whispering sweet things in my ear and telling me how beautiful I am over and over.

My smile fades slowly as that sneaky bitch voice I hate comes alive in my brain. I wonder how many other women he’s told that? I wonder if they all thought they were his forever too?

I gaze at his handsome face, innocent in sleep, and wonder, how many have been here before me?

Panic seizes me and I think about running. Running far and fast so that he will never be able to make a promise that he will inevitably break. Running so far that I’ll never have to see his beautiful face again and wonder if he meant all those things he said in the bathroom.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I sit up and swing my legs over the side of the bed. I’m ready to get dressed and run.

He murmurs something and I lean close. I’m not sure I heard him right, but hope stirs within me.

“Alex,” he murmurs again and reaches for my side of the bed.

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