Always Us (Always and Forever Series Book 2) by CC Monroe

Author:CC Monroe [Monroe, CC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Self Published
Published: 2017-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

STAYING INSIDE ME, HE WRAPS me in his arms, rolling over so I’m on his chest. We’re both silent, the only noise is the outside world hustling around us.

“I miss him.” His voice cracks loudly in the quietness. I take a second before I let my eyes drift to his face. It’s impassive, leading me blindly.

“Me, too. I’m glad you read the letter…do you wanna talk about it?”

He stares blankly at the ceiling. “I needed that, ya know? I’ve been so caught up in everything happening with his passing that I haven’t sat down to just think about him and what he would want.” Finally breaking our connection, he turns me so he can cradle me, my back to his front. I enjoy the soft kisses he peppers on my neck and shoulder.

“I felt selfish,” he tells me. I’m not sure as to why he would be thinking he’s selfish. He fought for me to come back to him, he’s learning to forgive his mother, who I don’t trust, but that’s my issue. He proposed to me and asked me to start a family.

Family.

I tense at the thought, the secret I’m hiding deep within weakening me, making me feel like a terrible person. I hate this, maybe I should tell him. Not maybe, I need to.

“You’re not selfish, not at all. You’ve been so selfless since your dad left. You’ve managed to still fight for me when I was the selfish one and you’re forgiving Gwen.” I turn in his arms, bringing my face close to his, losing myself in his blue eyes. Guilt consumes me, pushing me in the black pit of secrets.

I shoot up out of bed and grab his button-up shirt. He looks confused by my sudden change, but I need distance before I tell him everything. This secret has the ability to go one of two ways, either up or down, I pray for up.

“Babe, what’s wrong?” Standing to put his briefs on, he moves toward me while I’m on the final button of his top.

“I just…I think you need to sit down.” I wipe the hair from my face and start pacing back and forth, the familiar sting of tears burning my eyes, my nose starting to run.

“Okay, but you’re scaring me, what’s going on?” Sitting on the bench in front of my bed, with his back tall and his legs spread, I stop in front of him. My mind is fighting so many emotions. I can’t pick whether I need to cry, scream, or beg for forgiveness before he even knows what I’m about to say. I’m choking on my own sobs, trying to keep them at bay, but it’s useless.

“Trey, a couple of months back,” I start, my lip quivering; my eyes heavy with tears blurring my vision. “I had severe pain so I went to the doctor and thought maybe I was pregnant.” I can’t even finish my sentence when I collapse at his feet. He doesn’t deserve another heartbreak; he’s been through enough.

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