Page 62 of Seduced By You

“I need you to know something.”

“What?”

“I’m in love with you.”

Chapter20

Kadon

The genie is out of the bottle.

I’d done it now.

Stepped off the cliff’s edge.

Let the genie out of the bottle.

Dropped the atomic bomb, and numerous other ridiculous clichés that described the current situation.

In simple terms, I couldn’t unsay what had been said.

The number of dirty dreams and fantasies I’d had about Lee was in the hundreds. Thousands, even. But not a single one had come close to the reality. The taste of her cum, the smell of her skin, the feel of her pussy clamping around my dick and her small but perfect tits in my hands—all those experiences were unimaginable before I’d had them.

Once wasn’t enough. Not nearly enough. But now that I’d blabbed that I was in love with her, what happened next might not be up to me. What if all she’d wanted was to make me feel better after finding out I’d killed someone nine years ago? A pity fuck. God, was there anything shittier than that? Lee loved me. I had no doubts about that. But it wasn’t the same kind of love I felt for her.

Why hadn’t I kept my big mouth shut?

“Kadon, I… I—”

“Don’t say anything.” I raised my shoulders off the bed and brushed my lips over hers, then gently rolled her to the side. “I don’t expect you to say it back. But I owed you the truth.”

“How… how long?”

I grimaced. Earlier, I’d said we’d talk afterward, but now that it had come to it, I couldn’t find the right words. I feared that whatever I said, I’d come across as weird at best, creepy at worst. And what if she resented the fact that I’d lied to her for pretty much our entire relationship? Or she saw through my suggestion that we fake our relationship this weekend as a way of me getting closer. And now that we’d fucked, she’d have every right to feel duped.

“A while.” I caressed her face. “Look at you, Lee. It isn’t possible not to love you. You’re beautiful and kind, and you have a sharp wit that I adore. I can’t imagine my life without you. Please don’t think badly of me.”

“Kadon.” She brought my hand to her lips and kissed the tips of my fingers. “I could never think badly of you. Why would you say that?”

“Because I lied to you. For months.”

“You didn’t lie. You kept your feelings to yourself, which you’ve every right to do.”

“Lying by omission is still lying.”

She shook her head, a soft laugh spilling from her lips. “Kadon Kingcaid, you’re a daft bugger at times.”

I grinned. “Wow, what a compliment.”

“Honestly, I could shake you. I admit that before this weekend, I hadn’t looked at you in that way. But after you kissed me when we arrived, something changed. You opened my eyes when I didn’t even realize they were closed. I wasn’t sure how to tell you I was over here wallowing in feelings and freaking out about them.”

“And you call me daft.”

She grinned. “Fine. We’rebothdaft.” Tucking into my side, she kissed my shoulder. “I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. I know we have a lot of talking to do, but can we save it for the journey home.”

I reached down and pulled the covers over us both. “Get some sleep. We have the rest of our lives to talk.”

Having Lee fall asleep in my arms might be the single most wonderful moment in my entire life. As long as I took out the sex. Because that was on another plane, another planet, another universe. But being able to hold and touch and kiss this woman and not have her reject me stirred something inside me, a dormant sense of worth.

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