Grant shakes his head at me. “Clare, we didn’t break up.”
“Ummm, yes we did.” Does he not remember that?
“No, that was a spat.”
“That was not a spat.” We most definitely broke up.
He shakes his head and pulls it up for a quick kiss. “There’s something you don’t understand. You are the girl for me. I knew it from the moment I first saw you. Granted I fucked it all up by taking you back to my hotel room. I should’ve wooed you. Expensive lunches or any of the shit I advised the guys to do last year.” He takes a deep breath, staring me in the eyes. “But I saw you and got lost. I knew you were the one person I’d spend the rest of my life loving. I didn’t stop to think you weren’t aware I’d found my soulmate.”
My eyes water and I open them wide to stop any tears from forming. “Are you serious?”
“Absolutely. You spend all day taking care of everyone else. I’ll spend the rest of my nights taking care of you.”
“Shut up.” I reach up and run a finger under one eye no longer trying to pretend his words don’t affect me.
Grant laughs and pulls me down for another sweet kiss, this one lingering longer than the last. “It’s the truth.”
“You kept the factory for me.” I don’t go over all the other repercussions that decision had for him. Breaking a lifelong friendship with my father’s family, losing whatever profits they planned to make, and probably pissing off half his family, but they linger in the air between us the same.
“I did this time. And I promise in the future I’ll spend more time thinking about who my actions hurt, but you have to understand I was able to savethisfactorythistime. That won’t always be the case.”
I nod my head in agreement. And I mean it. I’ve learned enough about Grant to see the type of guy he is. If he says he’ll do his best in the future, I believe him.
“I can’t make any promises when it comes to that, but I can promise I will love you every single day for the rest of my life.”
“You love me?”
“I can’t believe after everything we’ve been through you even have to ask.” He pulls my body down toward him again, his now hard cock springing up between us as I lean forward. “Yes, I fucking love you and brace yourself because one day Clare Cunningham I’m going stick a ring on your finger and change your last name.”
I lean back as the kiss ends, lining up my body until he slides easily inside. “I love you, too, you know.”
“I know.” Grant smiles and plunges into my body.
