Kevin smiled slightly and tilted his head. “I work here. If that’s okay? I mean, I don’t want you thinking I’m stalking you or anything.”
The hesitation in his voice pulled at me, he’s nervous I realized.
“ But why? I thought you needed to be alone, figuring things out.”
He shrugged those wide shoulders of his and looked deep into my eyes. “It didn’t take long for me to realize what I needed to do.”
“What was that?” I said softly, as my heart stopped beating, desperately waiting for an answer.
He continued to study me for what seemed like forever then said, “To try and make you fall in love with me again. For a chance to fix things. To be more than friends. To build something important.”
My heart melted, as I stepped towards him, “Oh, Kevin,” I said. “I never stopped loving you. That was never our problem.”
He smiled as his shoulders slumped with relief. Shaking his head as if unable to believe what he had just heard, he dropped his cane and reached for me, pulling me into the tightest, safest, bestest hug of all times. The kind of hug that could cement our two souls together. The kind of hug that leads to soft tender kisses and so much more.
“I will always love you Mattie,” he said, sending a warm feeling through me. “I finally figured out that it isn’t what you see in the world or where you go. It’s what you build and who you build it with, that is important.
Leaning back, I stared up into his eyes and smiled. “It took you long enough.”
He laughed. “Yeah, well you’re going to have a lifetime of reminding me that you’re the smart one in the family.”
I closed my eyes and sank into him. A lifetime. Such a wonderful, beautiful word. Family, an even better word.
“Are you sure,” I asked as I held my breath.
He smiled, “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. All I know is that you give my life meaning. You make it worth living. And if you’ll let me. I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you happy.”
Yes! The words I had always wanted to hear. I knew there would be hard times, for us. But I also knew they would never outweigh the good times. This was Kevin. My Kevin. The man I would always love. The man I would build a life with.
The End
Author’s Note
Thank you for reading my stories. As always, I want to thank authors Anya Munro, Eryn Carpenter, Kim Loraine, and Alexa Adair for their help.
Of course, I could not do this without the support of my family and the assistance of my good friend Sheryl Turner.
If you enjoyed this, please explore some of my other books. Thank you.
G.L. Snodgrass
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