We Said Forever by James Marie

Author:James, Marie [James, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Self
Published: 2017-03-12T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Fallyn

Waking up in Blaze’s arms now is nothing like it was the first time, and there’s no way for me to even pretend it’s similar—that there’s a way to start over and forget the pain. A heaviness surrounds us I can’t seem to ignore—no, refuse to ignore. I love him, but loving someone and letting them drag you down are two different things.

He made promises last night, ones I pray he’ll be able to keep because I want him in my life—need him in my life. The always present defeat seemed to dissipate almost the second he stood in my bedroom door. Modest unease mixed with a yearning I’d nearly forgotten at the sight of him. I know people make mistakes—hell, I’m guilty of some erroneous choices of my own—but that’s why there are second chances.

I do my best not to disturb him as I untangle myself from his arms and legs. My eyes scan over him, and in the light of the sun streaming through the window, I notice he’s lost some muscle mass. I trace my finger over several raised pink scars around his right shoulder as my heart breaks all over again at how only a few seconds can change your entire future. How the stars aligning, one vindictive bitch at a party trying to get the entire football team in trouble, combined with a stray cat darting into traffic, can destroy something Blaze has been working for most of his life. Years of hard work and determination wiped away in the blink of an eye.

He’s no longer the man who spent more time on the field than any other teammate getting ready for the championship game. He’s now the fallen-from-grace ex-football quarterback, a junkie. That’s what the newspapers said when he was initially arrested, and again when he was locked up for the failed drug test. How quickly everyone cheering for him on the sidelines just a few weeks before the car accident turned in favor of gossip and insults.

That may be the way everyone else sees him, and most people looking at it from the outside probably would. I look deeper, though. I resist the urge to run my hands over his hair, wanting to feel the spiked shortness against my fingertips, still seeing glimpses of the man I fell in love with—the arrogant boy who knew the second he laid eyes on me I had to be his. The same man who knew I’d end up in his arms, in his bed. What I never bargained for was finding my way into his heart, and I can only hope the love we have for each other is strong enough to overcome the pain.

Leaning forward, I place a light kiss on his temple, letting my lips linger on his warm skin, then creep out of the room, not wanting to wake him. He has to be exhausted. Months in jail must be horrible. He would never tell me about his day-to-day routine when I’d

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