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but she didn’t get the entire picture. “There’s nothing going on! It’s you! It’s always been you! Always!”
At that point, I was done and leaned in, crushing my mouth against hers, kissing her hard. She pushed at my chest trying to get me to back away, but I wasn’t having any of it and kept right on kissing the hell out of her. When her hands slid from my chest up to wrap around my neck, I knew I had her. God. Finally. The kiss went on for endless seconds before I felt her stiffen then her hands dropped to their original position and she shoved me back.
I stepped back to see that she was breathing just as hard as I was, her chest rising and falling rapidly, her cheeks pink with color and her green eyes glittering with what I hoped was lust. I took another step toward her and she slapped me. Hard. Well, fuck. Guess that hadn’t been lust that I’d seen after all.
“You need to leave. Now!” she hissed.
“I’m not,” I announced.
“You are!”
“No,” I said as I stepped to her again. Her hand came up and she slapped me again, but I didn’t care. She was mad and things had looked pretty suspicious I guessed, so I’d let her have this. But when her hand came up again, I grabbed it by the wrist, pinning it against the wall over her head. She lifted her other one, and I did the same to it.
“Let me go!” she screamed and then the tears came.
I knew it pissed her off to be held down, but I wasn’t letting this shit go on any longer. I was tired of her not believing me, tired of all the bullshit coming between us. Tired of being without her.
“No,” I repeated as she struggled to get away, trying to wrench her arms from my grasp. “El, I need you to listen to me.”
“Let go!” she cried, angry as hell that I wouldn’t let her loose.
“You need to hear me, baby.”
And that really made her mad. “I’m not your baby!” she shrieked.
Jesus Christ. What the fuck did those magazines have written in them?
“Listen to me!” I roared, getting right in her face. When she stilled some, I continued. “I’ve never been unfaithful to you. Ever. Not even in my goddamned mind. Nothing has ever happened with her and me. And it never will. You’re all I want. You’re the only one.” She glared back at me then turned her head to the side. “The only one,” I said quietly.
The tears were streaming down her face as she shook her head.
“El,” I said, trying to get her to turn my way.
She closed her eyes and said, “I know what I saw.”
And my heart dropped. Damn. Those magazines had really done a number on her.
“Nothing happened,” I said gently, being completely honest .
It was then that she turned her head to me, her eyes finally meeting mine, her ire rising once again. “I know what I saw. That night on TV, I saw how you were looking at her. I saw it,” she seethed. “Smiling at her while she told that announcer that you only had eyes for her. Telling everyone how perfect you look together. And you just stood there and didn’t say one fucking word, Jag. Not one word!” She drew in a shaky breath before she went on. “But the part that really got me, that really cut me to my very soul,” she let out an unsteady sob before going on, “was watching you nodding at her when she said you’d make beautiful babies.” She made a retching sound then and I let her wrists go. “Oh, God, I’m gonna be sick,” she said, her hand coming up to cover her mouth as she ran to her bathroom, slamming the door closed and I heard her losing whatever she’d had in her stomach.
I sat down on the couch stunned, propping my elbows on my knees once again, staring at the floor.
I think it’d be safe to say that I finally “got it.”
Chapter 7
“I’ll bet you a back massage and a root beer float that you can’t catch me!” El squealed as she took off running.
I laughed then jogged after her on the beach, laughing even harder when she turn ed and thumbed her nose at me. Then I
At that point, I was done and leaned in, crushing my mouth against hers, kissing her hard. She pushed at my chest trying to get me to back away, but I wasn’t having any of it and kept right on kissing the hell out of her. When her hands slid from my chest up to wrap around my neck, I knew I had her. God. Finally. The kiss went on for endless seconds before I felt her stiffen then her hands dropped to their original position and she shoved me back.
I stepped back to see that she was breathing just as hard as I was, her chest rising and falling rapidly, her cheeks pink with color and her green eyes glittering with what I hoped was lust. I took another step toward her and she slapped me. Hard. Well, fuck. Guess that hadn’t been lust that I’d seen after all.
“You need to leave. Now!” she hissed.
“I’m not,” I announced.
“You are!”
“No,” I said as I stepped to her again. Her hand came up and she slapped me again, but I didn’t care. She was mad and things had looked pretty suspicious I guessed, so I’d let her have this. But when her hand came up again, I grabbed it by the wrist, pinning it against the wall over her head. She lifted her other one, and I did the same to it.
“Let me go!” she screamed and then the tears came.
I knew it pissed her off to be held down, but I wasn’t letting this shit go on any longer. I was tired of her not believing me, tired of all the bullshit coming between us. Tired of being without her.
“No,” I repeated as she struggled to get away, trying to wrench her arms from my grasp. “El, I need you to listen to me.”
“Let go!” she cried, angry as hell that I wouldn’t let her loose.
“You need to hear me, baby.”
And that really made her mad. “I’m not your baby!” she shrieked.
Jesus Christ. What the fuck did those magazines have written in them?
“Listen to me!” I roared, getting right in her face. When she stilled some, I continued. “I’ve never been unfaithful to you. Ever. Not even in my goddamned mind. Nothing has ever happened with her and me. And it never will. You’re all I want. You’re the only one.” She glared back at me then turned her head to the side. “The only one,” I said quietly.
The tears were streaming down her face as she shook her head.
“El,” I said, trying to get her to turn my way.
She closed her eyes and said, “I know what I saw.”
And my heart dropped. Damn. Those magazines had really done a number on her.
“Nothing happened,” I said gently, being completely honest .
It was then that she turned her head to me, her eyes finally meeting mine, her ire rising once again. “I know what I saw. That night on TV, I saw how you were looking at her. I saw it,” she seethed. “Smiling at her while she told that announcer that you only had eyes for her. Telling everyone how perfect you look together. And you just stood there and didn’t say one fucking word, Jag. Not one word!” She drew in a shaky breath before she went on. “But the part that really got me, that really cut me to my very soul,” she let out an unsteady sob before going on, “was watching you nodding at her when she said you’d make beautiful babies.” She made a retching sound then and I let her wrists go. “Oh, God, I’m gonna be sick,” she said, her hand coming up to cover her mouth as she ran to her bathroom, slamming the door closed and I heard her losing whatever she’d had in her stomach.
I sat down on the couch stunned, propping my elbows on my knees once again, staring at the floor.
I think it’d be safe to say that I finally “got it.”
Chapter 7
“I’ll bet you a back massage and a root beer float that you can’t catch me!” El squealed as she took off running.
I laughed then jogged after her on the beach, laughing even harder when she turn ed and thumbed her nose at me. Then I
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