Total pages in book: 17
Estimated words: 16286 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 81(@200wpm)___ 65(@250wpm)___ 54(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 16286 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 81(@200wpm)___ 65(@250wpm)___ 54(@300wpm)
“Oh, he does. He always thought he knew people as well. We’d sit in restaurants or cafés and he’d play this game where he’d stare at people and try to tell me what they were doing, or what they had planned. Proposals, breakups, that kind of thing.”
“Was he ever right?”
Mount frowned. “Most of the time he was. That’s what makes William a good man. He reads people. Probably should have been a cop or something.” He walked up to her and pulled her into his arms. “How are you feeling?”
“Fine. More than fine. You?”
She hoped he would say he was horny because right now, all she wanted was his cock inside her so she didn’t have to think about the phone call or the implications of what it all meant.
This was scary.
She’d been in foster homes her entire childhood. Faced off with many a different kind of bully, and yet, staring at Mount with the knowledge he may have feelings for her was the scariest feeling in the world.
She didn’t know what to say to him, or how to even think about speaking her feelings.
It was scary, more than scary.
If he said no or that he didn’t have feelings for her, she’d be crushed. Pressing her lips together, she tried not to think and only felt as he kissed her.
****
Never in his life did Mount think he would have a winter or a storm he would consider the best of his life. As he stared at the now-dry land, he hated to see the snow go. Only now, it was scarier than ever before because this kind of dryness meant one thing.
Meghan was going to leave him. They had talked last night and she had mentioned having to leave. He hadn’t stopped her. He hadn’t listened to William’s advice and told her not to go.
Instead, he’d stayed silent, held her tightly, and fucked her harder. She hadn’t been in her own bed since that first night the power had cut out. Now, he didn’t know if he could watch her walk away.
You’ve got to do something or risk losing her forever!
His dogs whimpered as if they knew what was to come and he couldn’t do it. Not now, not fucking ever. He slammed the front door, locking it, and took the stairs two at a time, going to her room. Meghan stood in front of her suitcase.
“Don’t go,” he said.
“Mount?”
“Look, I know this life isn’t glamorous. There is nothing really here to attract you. It’s cold winters, hot summers, and next to no visitors. I work the land and drive into town to get supplies, but for the most part, it’s lonely. I’m really not selling this to you but what I can tell you, Meghan, is that … I love you. I know I shouldn’t be telling you this and I should let you go and do the right thing, allowing you to live your life exactly how you want to, but I’ve fallen in love with you. There’s no one else out there for me, and no one I could ever want. I love you more than anything else in the world and if you give me a chance, I know I can make your life have so much meaning. You will never have to have a lonely apartment again. We’ll fill this house with our children. Make it a home. A place full of love and hope. A place to really call home.”
He saw tears in her eyes. “I will understand if you don’t feel anything for me, and I won’t stop you if you have to leave.” Those words felt like a lie to him. He shouldn’t be giving her false hope. “Please, don’t cry.”
“They’re not tears of sadness, Mount.” She flung open the suitcase and he saw it was empty. “I can’t pack. I don’t want to and as you came in here, I was just trying to think of the right way to tell you that I’m in love with you too. I want to stay here with you. I don’t want to go anywhere else.”
She nibbled her lip. “I want to have lots of babies with you. I love you, Mount. I know people might think it’s crazy to feel this way and so soon, but I don’t care what they think. I love you and I want to be with you.”
He shut her up by taking her in his arms and kissing her hard. “Then I’m not driving you to the airport or letting you go.”
“My apartment?”
“I’ll get William to deal with everything, and we’ll have everything shipped here. I’ll take care of you, Meghan.”
“I don’t need you to take care of me, Mount. I just need you to love me.”
“I can do that. I already do that.” He kissed her again, hard. He had thought love was lost to him and that he’d never find his soulmate.