Broken Dreams (Broken 2)

“You’re my heart, Courtney. My heart will always belong to you. Always.”

I sucked in a breath of air. “But…” I shook my head. “But you were with Anna when you got this, and—”

He moved his finger up to my lips. “I never loved Anna like I love you. I cared about her, but I never loved her. I never saw my future with her in it. I only ever saw you. I only ever wanted you in my future, Courtney.”

I couldn’t hold back my tears anymore. I must be dreaming. I have to be dreaming. I started to panic. He has to know I’ve always loved him. I’ve always wanted him and dreamed about him, too.

“Reed…I’ve always loved you. I’m so sorry for being so stupid and picking Mitch over you. It’s just…it’s just that I’ve never in my life felt this way. When I first saw you…the way my heart felt…the sound of your voice…how it all affected me…I was so scared. And then…oh my God, your damn name!”

Reed let out a laugh as he threw his head back.

“I wanted you so much that it frightened me. I was so scared that you’d hurt me. You were my dream, Reed, and I didn’t want my dream to turn into my nightmare.”

He looked into my eyes as he stopped laughing, and his smile faded. “I was scared, too, Court…more than you know. When I look back at how stupid we both acted…” He shook his head. “The last thing I ever want to do i

s hurt you, and I feel like I’ve hurt you so much already. I hate that I’ve hurt you.”

I was stunned when I saw a tear slide down his face. If he had been standing under the water, I would have never seen it. My heart slammed in my chest, and I let out a sob.

“Reed…I need to move out of this darkness I’ve been living in. I need your love to help me do that. I don’t want to be scared anymore,” I said as I began crying harder.

“Courtney…” he whispered.

He picked me up and began kissing me. I wrapped my legs around him, and with each second that passed, I felt myself finally being led out of the dark.

“I’m going to make love to you, baby,” he said against my lips.

Shower sex! Oh, hell yes! This just keeps getting better!

He turned around and pushed me against the back of the shower.

I wanted to scream out, I’m about to have wall sex in a fucking shower and with the man of my dreams!

I pulled on his hair as I brushed my lips against his and whispered, “Yes.”

The moment I felt him inside me, I began crying again.

“Am I hurting you, Court?” he asked as he looked into my eyes.

I quickly shook my head. “No. Oh God, no, Reed. It feels like heaven.”

With the way he was moving in and out of me so slowly and passionately, I could feel his love pouring into my body, washing away every bad memory. I never wanted this moment to end.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, I looked into his eyes and said, “Reed…I’m going to come.”

The second I began calling out his name, Reed began to move faster. I felt myself squeezing him, and when he looked into my eyes, I knew this was real. This wasn’t a dream, and I knew he would never turn this into a nightmare.

He started gasping for a breath, and the look in his eyes turned to fear. “I’m not wearing a condom, Court.”

I smiled. “It’s okay…on the pill. Please…I need all of you, Reed.”

With that, he began calling out my name, and I felt his warm liquid enter my body. I threw my head back against the shower wall and closed my eyes. Nothing had ever felt so perfect to me.

He held me for the longest time, neither one of us saying a word.

When he pulled back and his eyes pierced mine, he whispered, “I love you.”

Then, he began kissing me, and we each whispered our names against each other’s lips.