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to get over the worst of it. I’ve had girls since, although never anything
remotely meaningful. It’s like she broke something in me, and I’ve never quite
recovered. But, maybe someday, someone will show up and knock my socks off.”
The thought of that oddly left a bitter taste in Devin’s
mouth and she looked over at the window while Ronin’s quiet voice murmured in
her ear.
“Maybe, by then, I’ll have had enough time and life and
living to move on it. Same goes for you. You’ve got to give yourself a chance
to heal. It hasn’t been that long since Jake started pulling all this shittiness
with Melanie, since things went to hell for you.”
“Sometimes I feel like such an idiot,” Devin admitted sadly.
“I should have seen it coming. I probably did, but I just didn’t pay
attention. It’s like I thought that, if I loved him enough, if I became who he
really wanted, we couldn’t not be together.” Devin shook her head. “Ever
since I met him, ever since that first time I saw him, all I wanted was to live
happily ever after… with him.”
“It’s all a crap shoot, honey. First of all, you should
never change who you are, not for anyone.” Ronin grazed his fingertips along
her chin, tugging slightly to bring her eyes back to his. “Jake’s a dickhead for
wanting you to be anything but, well… you. And, seriously, you simply cannot blame yourself for his behavior, for his wandering eye and cheating. All in
all, he’s just too much of a prick to really ever make you happy.”
Devin absorbed his words, wishing they could erase the
lingering sense of loss she still felt. Ronin rolled to his back, pulling her
up against his side. His hand softly stroked her hair, and he lightly grazed
her forehead with his lips. She softened after a bit, and her eyes began to
drift closed as she relaxed into him, drawing comfort from his sweet touch. In
no time at all, she’d fallen fast asleep again, enveloped in his arms.
Devin’s eyes fluttered open. She was still snuggled up to
Ronin, her arm resting across his abs, her nose pressed against his skin as
though she could breathe him in. She felt the brush of his hand as he cradled
her cheek, and her eyes rose to meet his sleepy gaze. The pale gray light of
predawn filtered in through the open curtains.
“Hi, sweetheart,” he mumbled. A glimmer of sunlight glowed
in the east as the sun began to peek over the mountains, casting rays of red
and gold and pink across the sky and bathing the room in a faintly warm light.
“Hi. I keep falling asleep on you.”
His thumb brushed her cheek and he half-whispered, “On me,
by me, under me. It’s all okay as far as I’m concerned.”
The tender look in his eyes held her still. He rolled them
so she was on her back, rising a bit so he was a little above her, and slowly
lowered his head, giving her a soft, sweet kiss. Devin’s hand slid up to grasp
his upper arm, as her fingers clenched as the kiss grew deeper. His knuckled
brushed along the curve of her jaw, his hand resting below her ear as his thumb
stroked her cheekbone.
She could have stayed there forever soaking up his strength,
his lips gently exploring hers, living in this beautiful moment. But his
iPhone rang from the bedside table.
Ronin lifted his head and looked down at her. “That’ll be
Joe, wondering where I am. Gotta go to work, sweetheart.” He touched his lips
to hers once more, brushed her bangs away from her forehead, and climbed out of
bed.
Chapter 7 – A Genuine Illusion
Joanie’s small truck bounced along the mountainous
road. Devin sat in the middle, Joanie driving and Amy perched on Matt’s lap to
her right. Matt was an old high school friend of Shane, Joe, and Ronin’s who
had shown up back in town a few weeks ago. Amy really liked Matt. Like really, really liked Matt. Devin saw him as not bad, albeit a little too
to get over the worst of it. I’ve had girls since, although never anything
remotely meaningful. It’s like she broke something in me, and I’ve never quite
recovered. But, maybe someday, someone will show up and knock my socks off.”
The thought of that oddly left a bitter taste in Devin’s
mouth and she looked over at the window while Ronin’s quiet voice murmured in
her ear.
“Maybe, by then, I’ll have had enough time and life and
living to move on it. Same goes for you. You’ve got to give yourself a chance
to heal. It hasn’t been that long since Jake started pulling all this shittiness
with Melanie, since things went to hell for you.”
“Sometimes I feel like such an idiot,” Devin admitted sadly.
“I should have seen it coming. I probably did, but I just didn’t pay
attention. It’s like I thought that, if I loved him enough, if I became who he
really wanted, we couldn’t not be together.” Devin shook her head. “Ever
since I met him, ever since that first time I saw him, all I wanted was to live
happily ever after… with him.”
“It’s all a crap shoot, honey. First of all, you should
never change who you are, not for anyone.” Ronin grazed his fingertips along
her chin, tugging slightly to bring her eyes back to his. “Jake’s a dickhead for
wanting you to be anything but, well… you. And, seriously, you simply cannot blame yourself for his behavior, for his wandering eye and cheating. All in
all, he’s just too much of a prick to really ever make you happy.”
Devin absorbed his words, wishing they could erase the
lingering sense of loss she still felt. Ronin rolled to his back, pulling her
up against his side. His hand softly stroked her hair, and he lightly grazed
her forehead with his lips. She softened after a bit, and her eyes began to
drift closed as she relaxed into him, drawing comfort from his sweet touch. In
no time at all, she’d fallen fast asleep again, enveloped in his arms.
Devin’s eyes fluttered open. She was still snuggled up to
Ronin, her arm resting across his abs, her nose pressed against his skin as
though she could breathe him in. She felt the brush of his hand as he cradled
her cheek, and her eyes rose to meet his sleepy gaze. The pale gray light of
predawn filtered in through the open curtains.
“Hi, sweetheart,” he mumbled. A glimmer of sunlight glowed
in the east as the sun began to peek over the mountains, casting rays of red
and gold and pink across the sky and bathing the room in a faintly warm light.
“Hi. I keep falling asleep on you.”
His thumb brushed her cheek and he half-whispered, “On me,
by me, under me. It’s all okay as far as I’m concerned.”
The tender look in his eyes held her still. He rolled them
so she was on her back, rising a bit so he was a little above her, and slowly
lowered his head, giving her a soft, sweet kiss. Devin’s hand slid up to grasp
his upper arm, as her fingers clenched as the kiss grew deeper. His knuckled
brushed along the curve of her jaw, his hand resting below her ear as his thumb
stroked her cheekbone.
She could have stayed there forever soaking up his strength,
his lips gently exploring hers, living in this beautiful moment. But his
iPhone rang from the bedside table.
Ronin lifted his head and looked down at her. “That’ll be
Joe, wondering where I am. Gotta go to work, sweetheart.” He touched his lips
to hers once more, brushed her bangs away from her forehead, and climbed out of
bed.
Chapter 7 – A Genuine Illusion
Joanie’s small truck bounced along the mountainous
road. Devin sat in the middle, Joanie driving and Amy perched on Matt’s lap to
her right. Matt was an old high school friend of Shane, Joe, and Ronin’s who
had shown up back in town a few weeks ago. Amy really liked Matt. Like really, really liked Matt. Devin saw him as not bad, albeit a little too
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