Sienna cocks her head a little to the side. “Why?”
“I’m more concerned about how I treated you,” I reply honestly. “And, honestly, lawyers are expensive. She’d need to go fuck Paul out of some more money.”
Her brows raise, either surprised at my words or that I was a bit too much. “So, she’s never going to stop?”
I’m sure that scares her, possibly.
However, after this round, I know my odds are high of keeping Heath one hundred percent of the time. And I’m not going to fuck it up again if something happens.
Not with her.
Not with Heath.
Not with Sienna.
“I can’t answer that,” I say truthfully. “I never know what’s going to come out of Laura, but I’m better suited for it if it happens again.”
“How?”
“With it being a possibility in my head. I never thought Laura was going to come back after she abandoned us. I thought that was it. As a mother, she made her choice, and she’d stick to it. However, I know how I’ll act. I’ll be pissed, but I’ve proven myself and what I’ve done for my son. And I’m going to keep doing that.”
“That’s good,” she mutters. “You should focus on that.”
“I never stop focusing on that when there are other things going on. Other issues or problems. I hurt you, Sienna. I’m sorry. I really am.”
She presses her plush lips together, then replies, “I know. Stop beating yourself up over it.”
“I can’t help it. You won’t forgive me.”
“I have.”
“You haven’t.”
“I have,” she retorts softly. “And I understand. I can’t imagine how that must’ve felt and…I probably would’ve been the same way.”
“But…?”
“But nothing. I do forgive you, Micah. You didn’t have to kidnap me to a BNB to get me to say that.”
“I felt like I needed to. You barely want to be in the same room as me.”
“Because it’s hard.”
Shit.
I dare not move toward her and explain that it doesn’t need to be. Not when she’s being open and honest, and any stupid ass, cocky comment I say could get her to step back from me.
“I get that,” I vouch simply. “How can I make it better?”
“Stop coming around.”
“We live in a small town.”
“Then stop seeking me out, Micah.”
She means that shit.
She means it, and that’s the best for her. Regardless, whether I like it or not.
