Her smile faded. “I know you have. I’ve done something though and I think you should know. It . . . it might change how you feel about me.”
It killed me knowing she was beating herself up over what happened. “Nothing else matters except for you telling me right now you forgive me for being a total ass in Paris and all those other times I played tug of war with your heart. I’ll make you this promise right now . . . I will never be the reason you cry again unless they are tears of happiness.”
Her hand came up to cover her mouth. Closing her eyes, she said something I couldn’t understand.
“Sweetness, please don’t cry.”
Tears streamed down her face and it destroyed me. “Jase, that day you left.”
Shaking my head, I held up my hand. “None of that matters.”
She grabbed my hand and pushed it down. “Please let me tell you this because I don’t want anything between us. We’ve always had something between us and I don’t want that. Like you said, I want to start over clean, and the only way I can do that is if I tell you everything.”
With a slight nod, I held my breath and waited for her to tell me she slept with that asshole.
“I . . . I was angry and trying to prove something to myself. I slept with another man the night you left my office. The guy you saw me talking to, Clark . . . er . . . Mr. Burns. Oh no wait, that sounds creepy.”
Shaking her head trying to rid herself of the memory, she rolled her eyes. “Well, I mean I guess it doesn’t matter what his name was. It was only that one time and I regretted it so much. I’ve been so torn up about it because I didn’t really want you to leave my office!”
Walker was right. What you thought women wanted was the total opposite of what they really wanted.
Cupping her face with my hands, I pressed my lips against hers and kissed her. “Shh . . . none of that matters. I’m not going to let anything take you from me again. It wasn’t fate that brought us back together today.”
She wiped her nose and sniffled as I let out a chuckle. “It wasn’t?” she asked.
My thumbs moved across her beautiful face as I looked deep into her eyes that were filled with hope. “No. It was destiny.”
Taylor
My skin was on fire everywhere Jase touched me. I still couldn’t believe he was here. When I walked out of that barn and saw him standing there I lost all control of my emotions and it took everything out of me not to rush into his arms and beg him to kiss me.
Jase was looking at me liked he adored me. My heart felt light in my chest while the same feeling I felt after he made love to me came rushing back.
“Destiny,” I repeated.
Jase smiled lovingly at me and I knew he was right. I couldn’t contain the smile that spread across my face. “What do we do now?”
Jase’s eyes began to glow. “I think I should ask you out for dinner.”
“I am hungry.” She looked back toward the barn. “But I didn’t bring a change of clothes and I still need to figure out how to get my stuff from my apartment in Austin to my new place here.”
“Then consider that our first official date.”
“Moving me?”
His wide smile had me grinning so hard my cheeks were beginning to ache. “Why not? We’ve done everything else ass-backwards, why should our first official date as boyfriend and girlfriend be any different.”
Lifting my brow, I softly said, “Boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“Yes. Boyfriend and girlfriend.
Every single one of my nerve endings tingled at his words.
“I could call you my ball and chain if you’d rather.”
With a chuckle, I hit him on the chest.
“I’m perfectly fine with boyfriend and girlfriend.”