The shower makes me feel a bit better, but I’m still on edge. More so than normal. My patience is wearing thinner by the second. I need to see my girl. My mother’s words keep circling around in my head.
“What happened?” Carter stands when he sees me headed his way. “Who pissed you off now?”
“My mother.” I shake my head.
“How are we doing this?” Carter asks, following me out of the hotel. He already has the car pulled up front.
“Going to go by there again. If that fails, I’ll make a few calls.” I slip into the passenger side. The shelter isn’t far from here. It’s hard to think Kennedy would rather be in a shelter than with me. “Stop!” I shout when I see the silky dark locks that fall all the way down her back. I would recognize her anywhere. I memorized every inch of my sweet girl.
I jump out of the car. My heart thumps faster with each step I take, willing the girl to turn her head my way. So many times I’ve thought I saw her. I was wrong every time. She reaches for the door to the little diner, her head turning just enough for me to get a look at her face.
It’s her. I waste no time. I bolt after her down the sidewalk before I run across the street. Carter calls after me, but there is no stopping me now. I finally fucking found her. I can’t even describe what I’m feeling in this moment. I pull open the door to the diner, which makes some bells jingle loudly. My eyes search everywhere, but I don’t see her. If my head is fucking with me again, I’ll rip this place apart. I clench my hands into fists, trying to cool my anger. There is no way my mind is playing this elaborate of a trick on me.
What the fuck?
“Can I help you sir?” an older woman with a pound of makeup on asks me.
“No.” I dismiss her and keep walking, searching for Kennedy. I pause when my eyes lock on the hallway where the bathrooms are.
“You have to be eating here to use the bathroom.” I pull out my wallet and drop some bills on the closest table. “Well then. Use whatever you’d like.”
I step into the hallway. The seconds seem to tick by as though they were hours. Getting impatient, I put my hand on the door ready to go in but it swings open before I can to reveal Kennedy. She lets out a small gasp, her hand flying to her chest.
“You scared me.” She tilts her head down in her normal shy manner, letting her hair fall forward to block some of her face. “This is the ladies’ room.” She lifts her head again. Her dark blue eyes lock with mine. There is no sign of her recognizing me in them. “I kind of can’t get out with you standing here.” Her pink tongue darts out, wetting her bottom lip. “Are you okay, sir?”
“I’m so fucking far from being okay, Kennedy.” I grab her. She lets out another gasp as I push my way into the bathroom, kicking the door closed behind me.
“What—What are you doing?” I put her back on her feet before turning and flipping the lock to the bathroom door. I close in on her as she retreats backwards until she meets the wall. “What’s happening here?” Again her tongue slips out across her bottom lip.
I’m the one who should be asking what the fuck is going on here. She stares up at me with no recognition, but she doesn't seem scared either. She’s not fighting me or calling for help.
“What’s happening is I’ve come to get my fiancée back. I warned you, Kennedy. Told you if you let me have you I’d never let you go.” I trail my finger along her jaw. She’s always so damn soft. “You agreed. You told me that you loved me and then spread those thighs and gave yourself to me in every fucking way.” Another small gasp comes from her.
My cock grows painfully hard thinking about that night. I finally thought I had it all. Then someone took everything away from me.
I watch as her cheeks bloom with a blush. I know that her cheeks aren’t the only thing that blushes; all of her does. She’s always hated it. I’ve always loved it. I grip her chin gently so as not to scare her any more than I probably have. Those gorgeous blue eyes of hers meet mine. I want her eyes always on me.
“I don’t know what’s happening,” she breathes out. The smell of cherries and vanilla fill my lungs.
“It doesn't matter. All you need to know is you're mine,” I say before I claim her mouth with mine.