“You don’t want to meet my parents,” I said. “Trust me on this.”
Jayce took the tickets from between my fingers and slipped them back into the pocket of his suit, eyes searching my face as he reached out and touched my cheek. “They’re your parents,” he said quietly. “I haven’t forgotten the things you’ve said, the way they’ve treated you, but I think this is an important step.”
“You’ll hate it,” I promised him, succumbing to the gentleness of his charms. “You’ll hate everything about my old homelife.”
“I couldn’t hate it.” Shaking his head, Jayce brought my body closer to him, molding my body to his. “There’s nothing about you, your past, or your family that I could hate. I’m not dating them, I’m dating you.”
“Damn boy.” I placed the palm of my hand against Jayce’s cheek and kissed him, savoring the way he tasted, the cool peppermint of a breath mint. “You’re just bound and determined, aren’t you?”
“Always.”
“What is today, Sunday?”
“Yes.
“The wedding is next Saturday.”
“Yes.”
“That means you have five days to change your mind,” I said. “Choose wisely.”
Chapter 29
Jayce
“Istill can’t believeyou already want to meet her parents,” Dalton said the next morning at practice. It was five-forty five a.m., far too early for his shit, but that never stopped him.
“I’ve told you once, twice, and I’ll tell you again, D. I like Macey. Ireallylike Macey, and I intend to do whatever it takes to make things work with her.” What I didn’t mention is that from the sounds of it, Macey’s parents, especially her mother, probably wouldn’t be defined as the poster parents for growing up in a loving household. I hated that they blamed Macey for the death of her sister. It would forever hurt them, all of them, but losing two children because you couldn’t forgive the first seemed devastating to me.
“You wanna know what Candace said the other day?” Dalton asked, lowering his voice. Everyone else was on the field, already fucking around before coach arrived, so I wasn’t sure why it dropped, it just did.
“Not really.”
“She said that she’s sure you and Macey are gonna end up together. She says you’re in love. Is that true? Do you love her?”
“First, your girlfriend is a gossip,” I said. “And second, whether I love her or not is no concern of yours, let alone Candace’s.”
