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Authors: Jillian Dodd
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I ’ ll have two out of the three things that I want.
I hope and pray that you will understand. That you will still love me. That you will still want to marry me. That we can figure out a way to have a long-distance relationship. That we can stay together until I graduate and come to California with you.
I love you, Riley.
I know in my heart you are the only boy I will ever love.
You ’ ve held my heart captive since the day we met.
Please tell me that we can work this out.
That it won ’ t be the end of us.
All my love forever,
Ariela”
He ’ s quiet for a moment, and I wonder what he ’ s thinking. Maybe it was a mistake letting him read it after all these years, but I desperately needed him to know that I never wanted us to be over. Ever.
“ Are you fucking kidding me? You ’ ve had this note all this time? Why didn ’ t you mail it to me? Send it to Keatyn? Message me on Facebook? You ruined us, and this note would have changed everything. Showing it to me now, this is just — cruel. ”
“ But I thought it would make you feel better knowing that I never wanted us to end. ”
“ Yeah, well it doesn ’ t. It makes it ten times worse. Look, I don ’ t know if I can do this. Go through all of this again. It ’ s late. I have to go. ”
Then he hangs up on me.
Riley ’ s Penthouse - L.A.
RILEY
I ’ m pissed off when I step into my elevator and make my way up.
What the fuck was I thinking?
I can ’ t do this with Ariela.
I can ’ t keep dredging this shit up.
It’s just not going to work. I don ’ t need all week to figure out what I ’ m going to tell her at the wedding. I know what I ’ m going to say. Fuck this. And fuck you.
I ’ m pulling off my tie when I walk into my bedroom and find Shelby hoisted up in a swing on the bathroom door, wearing nothing but a pair of black, studded leather panties.
Oh yeah, this is exactly what I need right now.
I don ’ t say a word, just shed my clothes and do her every which way.
As I ’ m dozing off, exhausted from both the kinky sex and the emotion of the day, a sentence floats through my brain. You ’ ve held my heart captive since the day we met.
My eyes open with a start, and I sit up, grab my phone, and call Dallas ’ number in a panic.
When he answers groggily, I blurt out, “ We can ’ t sell the name. ”
“ But at dinner you were all for it. ”
“ I promised Keatyn that I would think about it. She doesn ’ t want to change the name because of Brooklyn. ”
“ I miss him too, and I understand he thought up the name but —”
“ I lied to her. Told her all the things she needed to hear. I had no intention of thinking about it anymore. My mind was made up. I was going to tell her the same thing this morning. That we should sell it. ”
“ What changed your mind? ”
“ Fate, maybe? ”
“ You ’ re going to have to be a little more specific. ”
“ When Ariela broke up with me on graduation day, she intended to put a note on my car. Instead, she ran into me and blurted it all out then ran off and forgot to give me the note. She’s kept it all this time though and gave it to me this past weekend. With the party and then our rush to get home for the baby’s birth, I had forgotten about it. Tonight she made me read it. ”
“ And that has to do with our deal, how? ”
“ One of the lines in her note was that I ’ ve held her heart captive since the day we met. It ’ s a sign, Dallas. And I don ’ t really believe in signs. ”
“ It ’ s going to mean less money, ” he says with a sigh that lets me know he won’t fight us on this.
“ I think Keatyn will be okay with that. This is more important to her. And, really, it should be more important to us. It ’ s where we started. It ’ s only fitting that when we start over the name is part of it. It ’ s part of us, Dallas. ”
“ You gonna start crying about this? ”
“ No, but it does make me
I hope and pray that you will understand. That you will still love me. That you will still want to marry me. That we can figure out a way to have a long-distance relationship. That we can stay together until I graduate and come to California with you.
I love you, Riley.
I know in my heart you are the only boy I will ever love.
You ’ ve held my heart captive since the day we met.
Please tell me that we can work this out.
That it won ’ t be the end of us.
All my love forever,
Ariela”
He ’ s quiet for a moment, and I wonder what he ’ s thinking. Maybe it was a mistake letting him read it after all these years, but I desperately needed him to know that I never wanted us to be over. Ever.
“ Are you fucking kidding me? You ’ ve had this note all this time? Why didn ’ t you mail it to me? Send it to Keatyn? Message me on Facebook? You ruined us, and this note would have changed everything. Showing it to me now, this is just — cruel. ”
“ But I thought it would make you feel better knowing that I never wanted us to end. ”
“ Yeah, well it doesn ’ t. It makes it ten times worse. Look, I don ’ t know if I can do this. Go through all of this again. It ’ s late. I have to go. ”
Then he hangs up on me.
Riley ’ s Penthouse - L.A.
RILEY
I ’ m pissed off when I step into my elevator and make my way up.
What the fuck was I thinking?
I can ’ t do this with Ariela.
I can ’ t keep dredging this shit up.
It’s just not going to work. I don ’ t need all week to figure out what I ’ m going to tell her at the wedding. I know what I ’ m going to say. Fuck this. And fuck you.
I ’ m pulling off my tie when I walk into my bedroom and find Shelby hoisted up in a swing on the bathroom door, wearing nothing but a pair of black, studded leather panties.
Oh yeah, this is exactly what I need right now.
I don ’ t say a word, just shed my clothes and do her every which way.
As I ’ m dozing off, exhausted from both the kinky sex and the emotion of the day, a sentence floats through my brain. You ’ ve held my heart captive since the day we met.
My eyes open with a start, and I sit up, grab my phone, and call Dallas ’ number in a panic.
When he answers groggily, I blurt out, “ We can ’ t sell the name. ”
“ But at dinner you were all for it. ”
“ I promised Keatyn that I would think about it. She doesn ’ t want to change the name because of Brooklyn. ”
“ I miss him too, and I understand he thought up the name but —”
“ I lied to her. Told her all the things she needed to hear. I had no intention of thinking about it anymore. My mind was made up. I was going to tell her the same thing this morning. That we should sell it. ”
“ What changed your mind? ”
“ Fate, maybe? ”
“ You ’ re going to have to be a little more specific. ”
“ When Ariela broke up with me on graduation day, she intended to put a note on my car. Instead, she ran into me and blurted it all out then ran off and forgot to give me the note. She’s kept it all this time though and gave it to me this past weekend. With the party and then our rush to get home for the baby’s birth, I had forgotten about it. Tonight she made me read it. ”
“ And that has to do with our deal, how? ”
“ One of the lines in her note was that I ’ ve held her heart captive since the day we met. It ’ s a sign, Dallas. And I don ’ t really believe in signs. ”
“ It ’ s going to mean less money, ” he says with a sigh that lets me know he won’t fight us on this.
“ I think Keatyn will be okay with that. This is more important to her. And, really, it should be more important to us. It ’ s where we started. It ’ s only fitting that when we start over the name is part of it. It ’ s part of us, Dallas. ”
“ You gonna start crying about this? ”
“ No, but it does make me
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