When You Were Mine by Jordan Marie

Author:Jordan Marie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jordan Marie

Chapter Thirty-Six

Gavin

I’m nervous as hell.

I’m standing outside of Luna’s with a large pizza in my hand, wearing jeans and a button-down shirt but putting a blazer over that because I didn’t want to appear like I didn’t even think about tonight being special to me—and how fucked up is that?

I’ve never given a damn as to what I wear, and I know a twelve-year-old kid probably could care less.

My palms are sweaty, and I swear my heart is beating so hard that I hear it echoing in my ears while I’m knocking on the door. I wouldn’t be surprised if I didn’t have a damn heart attack before the night is through at this point.

It seems to take forever, but in reality, it is just a minute or two before the front door opens. It sounds cliché, but when I first see Luna it’s like my damn breath freezes in my chest and the world stops moving.

Luna’s always been beautiful, always taken my breath away and made my knees weak. Even coming back to Stone Lake thirteen years later didn’t change that. Tonight, though, she’s simply stunning. She’s wearing a soft yellow dress that is reminiscent of the ones she wore when we were dating. Her hair is pulled back on the top of her head in a ponytail and her face is soft and simple, very little if any makeup. I have to fight myself to keep from kissing her. My hand trembles with the need to grab her, pull her into me and claim her mouth.

I don’t do that. Instead, I hold the pizza tighter, so the damn thing doesn’t fall out of my hands and clear my throat.

“I know I’m a little early…” I tell her, my voice hoarse, my tension and emotions both running high.

“It’s fine,” she says, but she doesn’t make a move.

“I… uh… if you rather do this another time….”

“No, now is fine,” she says, still not moving.

“Luna?”

“Do you know what I remember the most about our time together all those years ago, Gavin?” she asks, shocking me.

“What’s that, Moonbeam?”

“It seemed like I was forever trying to believe in you when everyone around me was telling me not to.”

Fuck.

“Luna…”

“I made my choices,” she says wetting her lips, her eyes never leaving mine. “And even with everything that happened, I never regretted them, not once.”

“Luna, honey…”

“I couldn’t regret them because they gave me Josh and he’s the single most important thing in my life.”

“I’m glad he had you as a mother, Luna. I’m truly grateful that you are the mother to our child, because as hard as it has been learning I have a son, at least I know he’s always had you in his corner, protecting him and loving him. I know firsthand how special that is. I couldn’t ask for more when it comes to my child.”

“Tonight, I found myself fighting to believe in you despite others telling me not to,” she says, her eyes still staring directly at mine, our gazes locked. “First with Ben and then with my mother.

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