And Then It Happened: An Unexpected Romance (25 page)

“Good, you deserve to be nervous.”

I nodded, suddenly feeling incredibly solemn.

“I do. I deserve a lot worse for what I said. And that’s why I’m here,” I began, squaring my shoulders and lifting my chin. “So I came here because I wanted to apologize for what I said…for not believing you when you said it wasn’t you next door. I really messed up.”

“You did,” he said, his eyes meeting mine.

“I know, but what I need to know is can you forgive me?”

“You want me to forgive you?” Adrian asked, his brow furrowing in thought and I almost passed out from anxiety.

“Yes.”

“And why should I?”

“Because…well, because I love you and I don’t want you with anyone else.”

“You love me?” Adrian asked.

“Yes. I love you…head over heels in love with you. I have been for a while. And I want to be…well, I want you to be my boyfriend again. I want to be exclusive.”

“So let me get this straight. You love me and want to be my girlfriend?”

“Yes.”

“And what if I said I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be with you again?”

I blinked rapidly as my eyes filled with tears.

But he had sex with you this morning. He cuddled with you in bed!

I glanced away and stared at the dirt beneath my feet.

“Okay. I understand if you don’t,” I said as calmly as I could, my toe digging a hole in the ground. “I don’t like it, but I guess that’s what happens. I deserve it.”

Adrian was silent beside me.

“If you don’t want me then I guess I should go,” I added, my voice growing hoarse. I pushed myself up to leave only to be pulled back down in my seat.

“Where are you going?” Adrian asked, his hands holding me in place.

“Just let me go, Adrian. I don’t want to stay if you don’t want me.”

Adrian chuckled beside me. “Don’t go. I don’t want you to go.”

My eyes shot up and met his. “What? But you just said…”

“I didn’t say anything, I just wanted to mess with you a little.”

My mouth dropped open as I punched at his chest. “You jackass!”

He smiled widely at me. “I know. I know, I’m sorry, but you just looked so cute.
I forgave you this morning after I fucked you in the shower. I just wanted to string you along a little longer.”

“That’s so mean!”

“What’s mean is calling me a whore for hire,” Adrian said and my heart dropped in my chest.

“I know, I shouldn’t have said that. I didn’t mean any of it. I was just hurt. Everything that happened…I felt betrayed all over again.”

“I would never do that to you, Jane. Tell me you believe me this time. Tell me that this time you will trust me.”

“I do. I won’t ever assume the worst again. I don’t ever want to lose you again,” I said so quickly that my words all slurred together.

“I don’t want to lose you again either. I’ve been miserable the past week, knowing you were so close but so far.”

I cuddled into him. “I know. I hit some pretty low spots last week.”

“Did you? Tell me the worst?”

I shook my head. “No, no way.”

“Come on,” he said. “I’ll tell you one of mine if you tell me yours.”

“Fine, but you first.”

“Okay, I read through all of your texts at least a hundred times.”

I flushed. “That’s not nearly as bad as me.”

His eyebrows rose. “Now you have to tell me.”

“I slept with the vibrator,” I muttered.

“You what?” he asked, touching his ear and leaning toward me.

“I slept…I slept with the
vibrator. It was a low point. A very, very low point.”

“Did you cuddle with it or…”

I nudged him in the side, too happy to really be angry. “I will never tell.”

We sat in silence for a moment before I peeked up at him and asked shyly,  “Do you still love me, Adrian?”

He glanced down at me, his eyes flashing, “Of course I do, Janice.”

I poked him in the ribs.

“Janet.”

“It’s Jane, jackass.”

He sighed before pressing a kiss to my mouth. “Jane. Of course I do. I love you.”

Epilogue

The phone buzzed in my pants pocket and I reached back and grasped it. I was in my art studio finishing up the series of nude paintings. I didn’t have a buyer for them yet, but I had to admit they were pretty impressive. And truth be told
, I didn’t really want to sell them. I wanted to hang them up in my house.

Not that I’d told Adrian that. 

Tell me what you’re wearing?

I couldn’t help but smile as I responded
,
Jeans and a t-shirt.

Snore. Have you learned nothing the past two months we’ve been together? Use your imagination

I giggled as I typed back,
Fine then I’m taking my clothes off and what do you know…I’m not wearing underwear!

“Liar,” the voice behind me said and I jumped.

“Stop being so sneaky!” I protested as he engulfed me in a hug. The past two months had been glorious, the two of us got back into the groove of things like we’d never been apart. And I was more in love with him than ever.

He pressed a kiss to my neck as he slowly began to undo my jeans zipper. “Getting horny just staring at these painting, huh?” he asked as he slid his hand inside.

“No,” I replied, arching back into him.

“Liar,” he said, feeling how ready I was. “Although I can’t blame you. I do look pretty hot in each one,” he said, his eyes scanning the canvas. “You’re fucking brilliant, you know that?”

I sighed as he pressed a tender kiss to my cheek. “I do now.”

“Let’s go upstairs and fuck,” Adrian said his hips thrusting against me. “I’ve been away from you for too long.”

“How about we just do it right here?” I said with a smile. “I’ve always wanted to do you in that Victorian chair.”

His eyebrows rose. “Yeah?”

“Yeah, ever since you carried into the house for me.”

“Then what are we waiting for?” Adrian asked as he pulled me toward it, stripping out of his clothes as he did.

“Who would have ever thought we’d be here right now?” I asked as I pulled my shirt over my head, revealing a see through white bra.

“I did. I knew right after you fell in front of my house.”

“You did?” I asked, as I straddled his thighs.

“I did. It was unexpected, but I did. And it was shortly after that I knew I couldn’t’ live without you.
You were everything I wanted to be and I knew you could make me a better person.”

“And I felt the same way, it just took me a little longer to realize it.”

“That’s because you have issues…”

I rolled my eyes.

“But I don’t mind a woman with a little insufficiencies.”

“But only if she makes up for it in other ways?” I asked with a smile

“Yeah,” Adrian muttered as he pulled me down onto him. “Now why don’t you show me?”

And so I did.

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