Fourth Wall: A Bodyguard x Single Mom Romance (The Marchetti Men) by Vee Taylor

Author:Vee Taylor [Taylor, Vee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

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Christian

I forgot how much I missed her. I forgot the way that she tasted like sweet cherries. I forgot the way that her smile just lit up an entire room. Fuck, I even forgot the way that I absolutely was enamored with the way she yelled at me.

But I also knew that there was so much left unsaid between us. I had so much to tell her, to apologize for, but it felt like I was also racing against a clock.

“Pancakes are ready!” she called to the girls, and they came running down the stairs.

“Christian!” They gave me hugs. I also missed them. I missed this. The feeling of family. It was something that I really worked on this week. I had been running away from people welcoming me with open arms because I was…scared.

I was selfish for taking that break, especially leaving Maeve with no backup, no way to contact me, and just nothing. So whatever groveling I would have to do to make up for it, I was willing to give. I would do anything right now.

“Okay, girls. Hurry and eat so we can get ready for the baby shower.” Maeve was behind the counter wiping batter off her face. After her confession, she pulled away from me completely.

“Wait, where are you going?” I asked, then she started to laugh. It was not the kind of laugh that was like ha-ha funny, more like something that was hurt.

“Like you finally care? I’m supposed to tell you where I’m going?” She was whisper-yelling at me, and I walked toward her so the girls weren’t in earshot of us.

“I want to talk to you,” I begged.

“I don’t.”

She threw the rag on the countertop and told the girls she was going upstairs to change before storming up the steps. I followed her like the lost puppy dog that I admittedly was.

“I swear I didn’t fuck anyone else.” She was mid-staircase before she whipped around painfully fast. Her eyes filled with dread and an anger I had never seen before.

“You think that’s what I care about? That you, a single man, would fuck another woman?” She leaned in still in a hushed tone but seething externally. “Quite frankly, I don’t give a flying fuck about who you bring to your bedroom. I care about how you disrespected me, jumped out on responsibilities you had promised, and ran away when I was opening up to you.”

She had stormed to her room, and I was still trailing her, listening. “Fuck. You.”

I leaned up against her door, half tempted to pound on it or break it down, but I knew she was right. She had the right to be upset with me too.

I could feel the weight of my mistakes bearing down on me. I slumped against her door, a mixture of frustration and self-disgust welling up inside me. I knew I had messed up, and there was no one to blame but myself.

Minutes stretched into an agonizing eternity as I listened to the sound of her rummaging through her dresser.

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