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. What? How could you honestly not know? Drawing a deep breath, she reached into her manila file and pulled out the two sheets of paper she d copiedat the office that morning.She stood and dropped them on the desk in front of him, emotions threatening to sweep her away at what she was doing:showing him the confession forever captured in her teardrop-splattered handwriting on those pages.It was everything she d ever wanted to say tohim and never had the guts to. There.There is my heart laid open for you, okay? I wrote this in my journal one night back in college, and after lastweek I know that not a word on those pages has changed.So read it, and if it isn t proof enough of how I feel about you, and if you can t forgive mefor one hasty decision, maybe it s best we re over before we ever really began.He stared down at what she d written, but she couldn t tell if he actually read the words. Look, I knew, but I didn t know& I didn t know you felt likethat.That deeply. Now you have it in black and white. She was shaking all over, tears streaking her cheeks.When had she walked around his desk to standbeside his chair? Her heart was threatening to choke her.Taking a breath, she straightened and smoothed her damp palms on her skirt.Dignity,right.He probably thought she was an insane stalker now. If I humiliated you, I m sorry, but I was a walking pile of humiliation over you for two years until I met Todd, and he managed to pick me upsomewhat before slamming me right back down.That will never happen to me again.I told Todd he couldn t hurt me anymore, and now I m tellingyou that if you want me, get off your ass, because I love you, Evan, more than anything  she paused to sob, those words wrenching her soul  but Irefuse to live like this anymore.He cleared his throat and lifted his gaze to hers. I have so much to say to all that it ll take the rest of the day to get it out. He glanced down at herjournal entry, at the words that had flown from her hands the night she d watched him with the girl at the frat party.She d wanted to be that girl sodesperately she might have sold her soul for it that night. But since we re a little strapped for time, consider this me& getting off my ass.He stood, and she had no time to brace herself before he jerked her to him and scalded her lips with his own.She shook, went limp and groanedhelplessly against the onslaught, disbelief fogging her senses along with a desire so strong she could scarcely contain it.He was real and solid and hot in her arms, burning her even through all their layers of clothing.Layers she couldn t wait to strip through.Sheclenched his shirt in her fists, feeling his back muscles tense beneath her fingers, feeling his thigh surge hard between hers until her skirt rode upher legs, higher and higher until he must have felt he heat of her pussy through his pants.The edge of his desk bit into the flesh of her ass as heplanted her against it. I need to lock my door, he murmured, his lips scarcely leaving hers as he spoke. I did it when I came in. So certain of your powers of persuasion? Something like that.Breathing labored, Evan grasped the lapels of her jacket and stripped it down her arms.When she moved to help him remove it completely, heheld it just at her forearms, trapping both limbs useless behind her back.He pulled away to look at her and when she lunged forward to claim hismouth, he eluded her, holding her still. Please, she whispered. You said you loved me. I do, I love you. It rolled so naturally off her tongue now, as if she had been saying it all along.It didn t even matter if he said it back. I swear toyou, if it had been you who got hurt, I couldn t have even waited for a flight.I d have swum the ocean to get to you. Remember when you asked me what makes me hurt?She nodded. Of course. You know the party when I first introduced you to Todd? Yes. I have a confession, too.I was waiting for you to show up there because I d made up my mind that I d messed around long enough and I wantedto be with you.I knew, even back then, that you and me would be forever.As a twenty-two-year-old that scared the hell out of me, until I realized thethought of you not being there after graduation scared me far more.Her trembling intensified.He was going on [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]