Chapter 27
Chris
She felt amazing in my arms and every doubt that I had washed away with the first kiss and the response that she gave me. I wasn’t stupid. I knew that she was going to have it out with me, but at the end of the day she was still mine and the kiss was all of the assurance that I needed to go forward.
When I pulled away from her and looked down at her face, her eyes were still closed and I could tell that me being here was about as surprising to her as it was to me. One conversation had pushed me over the edge and I was relieved to see that she was okay. I don’t know what I expected to find when I got here, but I was determined not to let Rosco’s fate be mine. He was still hurting from it and I could still see the look on his face when he had concluded his little story. I wasn’t going to live with that kind of regret.
“I made a huge mistake twice. I don't want to make it again.”
I moved in to kiss her and this time she backed up a little bit. I wasn’t going to push it. I got that first kiss and that was the one that mattered.
“What are you doing here?”
She was repeating herself and I didn’t want to string it along anymore. The only way I was going to get the Molly back that I missed so much was to lay it all out and see where we stood.
“I’m here to correct that mistake and see if you will have me back.”
“Back where though?”
I whistled under my breath. “You are relentless. Here. Right here on this very mountain if that is what you so choose. I’ve made my fortune, ten times over and it never compared to that week that I had with you. I know now what I really need in my life and it isn’t fancy restaurants and a company that can run without me. It’s you Molly and it always has been. Can you forgive me?”
“For what?”
“Taking this long to see it.”
“Well you always were dense Chris, but I was hoping that you would come around eventually. It just took longer than I’d hoped it would.”
She was the only person that I knew that could insult me and make me smile all at the same time. Moly had always had that strange feature to her character and it was just another example of how perfect we were together.
“So can I kiss you now?”
I was only asking for the sake of asking because I was going to. I was already moving towards her and to my relief she didn’t back up this time around. She let me tug her to me and this time her arms went around my body and she held me just as tightly as I was holding her. I wanted her desperately and there was never going to be a better time than now.
But her acquiesce didn’t last very long. She was pulling back from me again and I could see that she wasn’t ready to let it all go to the wayside. Molly still didn’t trust me and a lot of levels I didn’t blame her. I had messed up in the past when it came to us.
“How can I trust that you will stay and that you won’t leave again? I can’t go through this another time.”
“Because I am here to make it official, so that we can start that family that we have talked about for so long.”
She was shaking visibly and I was going to take that as a good sign. She was so damn beautiful and I loved the way her hand came out when I got on my knee and raised the ring box up to her. It wasn’t the first time that I’d asked her, but this time it was going to stick.
“Will you?”
She nodded her head with tears in her eyes. Last time I’d made a production of it, but this time I had only came with the truth and a family heirloom ring that I wanted back on her finger. I had given it to her before, but in the midst of a fight, she had thrown it at my head.
“This time we keep it on your finger. I’ve made arrangements. We are getting married tomorrow. I don’t want to give you any time to change your mind. Everything will be done today and tomorrow you will be my bride. I’ve made all of the necessary appointments and purchases.”
She had this look that I wasn’t quite sure about.
“I have something that I need to tell you, that I’ve been meaning to tell you for about a month.”
I had no idea what she was talking about, but I knew that I was going to have to prepare for it. Whatever it was that she was going to tell me was big, I could see it in her eyes.
“We’ve already started that family that we used to talk about. I was going to tell you, I really was, I just didn’t know how to and you know that I have a weakness for you and I was scared of what would happen. I didn’t want to fall for you again.”
I chuckled. “Were you afraid of this? Are you afraid of me, so much that you would keep something like that from me?”
Now that made me nervous. I didn’t like the idea of her keeping my child away from me, but I had to believe that she wouldn’t have in the end.
“I’m afraid of how you make me feel when you are around. I knew that seeing you or even hearing your voice was going to make me fall back under your spell.”
“Did it work?”
She bumped my shoulder and looked at the ring I’d slid on her hand. “Yeah, you know it did. There is just some kind of hold you have on me Chris. I don’t think it will ever go away.”
“It better not. So a family huh? Bout time.”
“Is that all you have to say? When I found out, I was freaked out.”
“You’re not alone Molly. There is nothing to be upset about. We have been planning this for a while.”