You Girl (The Lucky Girls Book 3) by Hazel Parker

Author:Hazel Parker [Parker, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Natalie

When Mason’s arms wrap around me, he holds me tightly to his chest and I sob. I want to push him away. I want to end this with him.

But…I don’t.

I’m so serious about him. I want to be with him; I want to explore this spark between us and how well we seem to fit together even though we don’t know each other much at all.

That’s what scares me so much about him. I’m getting way too attached to him, way too quickly. And if something happens…

“Natalie,” he says, his deep voice rumbling through his chest. I look up at him, the odd sob still racking my chest. His eyes are dark and drowning deep. He looks tenderly at me, his expression gentle. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“You don’t know that,” I say in a hoarse voice. “David promised me the same, so many times. He couldn’t help what happened—”

“Shit happens,” Mason interrupted me. “I know that. I hate that you had to go through that. And you’re right; we can’t always control everything. But sometimes, we have to take that risk. So many things can go wrong in life. Living in fear isn’t the answer. You’ll never set your foot out of the door if you keep waiting for something to go wrong. You’ll never be happy.”

“I don’t know if I can do this all over again,” I say and my eyes well with tears all over again. “I don’t know how to pick myself up a second time.”

“You don’t have to.”

I shake my head. I know what he’s trying to say, but it’s taken me this long just to learn how to get out of bed in the morning again, how to take one breath after the other without having to force myself to do it. He has no idea how much it’s taken from me to put myself back together again.

And he’s right; there’s no knowing what will happen in the future. That’s what I’m so terrified of. He’s right; I won’t be happy.

But I won’t be broken, either.

“I’m terrified,” I admit.

Mason puts his finger under my chin and tilts my head up.

“I know. You’ve been through hell. But I’m falling for you, Natalie. And I want to be with you through thick and thin.”

“You barely know me,” I counter. But the warmth that comes with his words fills me and I want to rub myself up against it like a cat.

“I know enough that I want to spend all my time with you, getting to know everything about you. Please don’t push me away. Give this a chance.”

I swallow hard. I spent the whole day in a panic. Fear choked me no matter what I did. Breaking it off with Mason was the only thing that brought me even a sliver of peace. But now that I’m in his arms, the fear isn’t so pressing. The panic subsided, and I feel safe.

I don’t want to let go of him. I don’t want to turn my back and walk out.

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