I nodded, not moving. He closed the distance between us and placed a regretfully short kiss on my lips.
He stepped back, but I took his hand and stopped him. “What about you know what?” I whispered.
Landon tilted his head at me in question.
“The marriage?” I tried again.
“What about it?” he asked.
“We have to get an annulment.”
“Why?”
“Why? Because we got married while we were blind drunk.”
Landon brushed his thumb over the back of my hand, making my skin tingle. “Doesn’t change the end result. And we consummated the marriage. Many times.” He grinned at me. “Can’t get an annulment now.”
“Then a divorce.”
A muscle flicked angrily in his jaw before he took a deep breath. “If that’s what you want.”
“It is.”
It definitely isn’t. But it’s the right thing to do.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again. “I’ll take care of it.”
“Okay. Good. Thank you.”
I released his hand, and he leaned in, placing another soft kiss on my lips, his eyes holding mine the whole time.
“I have to go.”
“I know.”
And I wish you didn’t. I had this awful feeling that once he walked out, I would never see him again.
He looked over his shoulder at me before closing the door.
My heart squeezed painfully in my chest. But instead of wallowing, I searched for my clothes and got dressed, taking care with each item. I knew I was stalling, but I foolishly hoped Landon would come back.
But he didn’t, and eventually there was nothing left to do but leave.
“Look who finally turned up,” Taylor greeted me when I made it back to the hotel room. I wanted to turn around and go back to Landon’s motel a million times. But then reality hit, and I reminded myself that he and I lived different lives. Our homes weren’t even in the same state. We could never work.
“Yeah, sorry I bailed on our girls’ weekend.”
I wasn’t really sorry, of course. My weekend had been like living a dream. One I would remember for the rest of my life.
“You don’t look very sorry,” Kelly said from where she was reclining on one of the beds.
Since I didn’t care what she thought of me, I ignored her. That would get to her more than anything I could say.
“Where were you anyway?” Taylor asked, her eyes never leaving her phone.
“I met someone.”
She stopped typing and finally looked up. “So did we. But we didn’t just disappear all day and night.”
