Girls You Marry by Tina Gallagher

Author:Tina Gallagher [Gallagher, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tina Gallagher
Published: 2014-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

I’d just put the last of my freshly laundered clothes away when I heard an impatient knock on the door.

“It’s open,” I yelled, knowing without a doubt who would come walking through the door.

Dan crossed the threshold, closed the door behind him, and proceeded to stare at me. I felt uneasy with those amazing green eyes looking right through me, but I’d be damned if I’d show it.

“Did you want something?”

“I think I mentioned that I wanted to talk to you.”

“And I think I told you we had nothing to talk about.”

“Do you really believe that?”

“Yes, I do.”

“Don’t tell me you don’t feel this thing between us, this thing that’s always been between us.” He moved toward me as he spoke. I forced myself to stand my ground, both literally and figuratively.

“Dan, if you want to discuss your therapy or your health, I’m all ears, but everything else is off limits.”

“This is about my well-being.”

My eyes shifted to his leg. “What’s wrong?”

“My heart is broken.”

“Oh please,” I snorted. “Tell me another one.”

“Bri, I want you back, need to have you back in my life.”

Fury rose within me like a tidal wave. “Why? Why me?”

He studied me for a moment. “Because I love you. I always have, and after ten years of trying not to, realize I always will.”

Tears stung my eyes, but they were more from anger than anything else. “Why are you doing this?”

“I just told you—”

I couldn’t bear to hear it again, so I interrupted him. “I know what you told me, but I’ve heard it all before.” I spat. “The thing is, I’m not the same stupid, naïve girl I was ten years ago. I learned my lesson well and will never fall for sweet lines and charming smiles again. Not from you, not from anyone.” I took a breath and glared at him. “The thing I don’t understand is why you did it. I mean, if you wanted all those other girls, why bother with me at all? I couldn’t hold a candle to any of them in the looks department and certainly not in the body department, so why did you have me around at all?”

“Because I loved you.”

I was getting ready to lambaste him again, but he stopped me.

“And as far as those other girls are concerned, they couldn’t hold a candle to you.” He sighed and shook his head. “I told you before, I fell in love with you the minute I laid eyes on you.” His crooked smile was adorable. “Then again, I suppose I only fell in lust with you when I first saw you. The love came shortly after we went out and I realized you were just as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside.”

My knees felt weak, so I sat on the bed and hugged them to my chest. “Dan, please don’t.” My voice sounded small, even to my own ears.

“Bri.” Dan sat down on the edge of the bed beside me. “I might’ve done some stupid things back then, but I never lied to you.

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