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“Always,” she whispered in agreement beneath it.
Chapter 11
Tyler slid his hand through Justine’s hair said a bit later as she rested her head on his shoulder, content in his arms more than ever.
“I don’t want to hide this…us forever, baby. It might be difficult, especially right now. My parents might not want the twins to have anything to do with me but once they’re eighteen they can’t control what they do as much, and after everything that happened, I don’t see them being angry about us being together,” he said pulling her head up with a soft smile at him. “I want my life to be with you. Want you as mine forever.”
“I want that too, Tyler. It’s one of the things I talked to the therapist about, because rationally I was worried that we were heading into this too deep, too fast, but she asked me how much we’d discussed what caused us to part, the rationale I had for doing it, and if we’d actually resolved it or if we’d simply glossed over it and fell back into old habits.”
“And did you tell her how much we’d been over it? That we’d been over it to the point that I honestly don’t want to ever talk about it again? That while I hated you at the time for it, knowing what you did, for Hailey, for me and my family who hates yours, the only thing I see when I think about it now is just how much you loved me to do that, knowing that in the end, I’d be here withmy family while you were out there on your own. That in the end, the love between us won out over any hurt or angry feelings that were once there?”
“Yeah and she told me that I already knew the answer to my own question. That if we’d survived two and a half years of a hidden relationship while our families tried to tear the other down constantly the foundation we had was strong enough to weather the repairs to erase the cracks I caused by not telling you what I was doing ten year ago. And that no matter that the time I’ve been back is much shorter than how long I was gone, it was no reason to run from what was obvious—that we loved each other enough to handle whatever came next. For me, that’s you and me together, always.”
“Then marry me,” Tyler said making her eyes widen a bit in shock. “Marry me, Justine. Let me have you as mine entirely finally, babydoll.”
“Yes, a million times yes, honey-bae,” she answered, earning a kiss that sent wild desire all through her being and she clung to his neck as best she could with the cast on her arm.
“We both know there’s no way we can have a normal wedding any time soon around here. Our families would try to stop it in an instant. Nothing there has changed in the last ten years, so, how about we try that elopement again?” he suggested, and she nodded eagerly, laughing at the light that filled his eyes. “Yeah, I don’t think I’ll have any worries about you not being there this time, do I?”
“Not a chance. The only thing that would keep me from it would be my parents locking me in the basement, but since I’m pretty good at picking locks, I could probably break out.”
“I’d be there with the calvary to help break down the door. Nothing’s keeping you from me this time, nothing and no one,” he promised, claiming her lips again, his hands sliding under her shirt, inching towards her bare breasts when a loud shout of hisname resonated throughout the house, breaking them apart in shock at it’s owner.
“Tyler James Anderson! Why the hell didn’t you call me and tell me what was going on?” Angela demanded.
“You can’t just walk into someone’s home, Angela,” Daniel said, almost drowning out Angela’s gasp as she stopped short finding them on the couch.
“Holy shit!” Angela said, a choked laugh bubbling out of her. “Well this definitely wasn’t what I was expecting to find.”
“Remind me to get a new set of locks that lock automatically,” Tyler stated, helping her sit up before dropping a quick kiss onto her lips pulling another burst of shocked laughter from Angela.
“Okay, so who wants to explain this,” Angela said motioning between them, “to me? I mean, I know I told you that I thought the two of you would be good together, Justine, but I never imagined it’d actually happen.”
“When did she tell you that?” Tyler asked her and Justine grinned, shaking her head a bit at him. “Before or after she gave you the letter to give to me?”
“At the same time,” Justine told him making him nod in understanding.
“Well, you’re about twelve and a half years too late for that, Ang,” Tyler said, and Justine’s eyes widened in total shock.
“Twelve…oh my god!” Angela shouted, her jaw dropping as she looked between them again. “The girl…your first love, the girl you said you’d never get over or want anyone else over wasJustine?”
“Guilty,” he stated his lips teasing her ear and Justine ducked her head as it sent shivers entirely throughout her body.
“You’ve clearly interrupted something, honey, so we should leave,” Daniel stated as Angela laughed softly watching them. “I told you to just call if you wanted to check on Isabelle and if you ever walk into another man’s home without knocking, I’ll spankyour little ass, you hear me? You’re lucky you swore nothing ever happened between the two of you or you’d really be in for it right now.”
“Well, we already interrupted, and I’ve got so many questions now I don’t even know where to start,” Angela countered giving Daniel a grin that pulled a dark look from the man.
Tyler chuckled against her ear, “They definitely belong together the same way we do, don’t they, babydoll?”
“They do,” Justine agreed, smiling as Angela moved over to sit next to her on the couch. Daniel pulled her to a chair instead, making her huff which simply pulled a grumble from the man in return.
“To fill you in, Isabelle is fine. She’s still moving a bit slower thanks to the sprained ankle, but because of Justine, she’s home and safe. This one,” Tyler said, finding her gaze, holding it for an extra moment making her smile softly at the look in his eyes, “thank god is okay too. The doctor’s still monitoring her kidney function since it was damaged…”
“Bruised, not damaged, and the medicine is only a precaution to ensure nothing happens to it,” she corrected him making Angela’s brows furl in confusion.
“How did your kidneys get bruised? I mean, the broken arm I can see happening,” Angela asked.
“Kidney, singular, and it was from one of the bastards hitting her with a metal pipe after surprising her,” Tyler stated pulling a little glare from her his way.
