Here's to Forever by Teagan Hunter Read Free Book Online

timing has something to do with why I picked today to do it, but that’s not the reason I want to marry her.
    But I’m also an asshole because she’s right. I have to fess up to what’s been going on with her dad. And now. Or else this is going to ruin us. Hell, it may even still be able to. But I have to get this off my chest.
    “Daddy? Did you hear me?”
    I turn to Joey. “Of course I did.”
    Lie. Lie lie lie. That seems to be all I do these days.
    “Then can I?”
    “Can you what?”
    Joey scowls. I look to Rae for help, hoping like hell she was paying attention. She rolls her eyes and answers Joey’s questions with a “yes.”
    “Thanks!” Joey shouts. Then she’s pushing away from the table, dumping her plate in the sink, and running up the stairs all within five seconds.
    “Don’t run!” I yell after her. I glance over at Rae. “What is she doing?”
    Rae stares at me blankly. “She just asked if she can be excused to go play on the Wii.”
    “Oh.”
    “Glad one of us was paying attention.” She grabs her plate and mine, walking them to the sink and throwing off cold air in her retreat.
    I stand and follow her, placing both of my hands on the counter on either side of her waist, caging her in so she can’t run this time. She stiffens instantly. I hate that she stiffens. 
    Lowering my lips to her ear, I say, “We need to talk.”
    This time she shivers. I love that she shivers. It means something is still there between us. I need so badly for something to still be there. I don’t want distance between us anymore.
    She spins around, but I refuse to back up in the slightest. We’re standing so close that I can feel her chest brush against mine every time she breathes. And right now, that’s a lot because her chest is rising and falling in rapid succession. From what, I’m not sure. But judging from the fire dancing behind her eyes right now, I think it’s safe to say she’s not very happy with me.
    “ Now you want to talk. Not this afternoon when I came to you asking for the truth? You want to do this now ?”
    “Hell yes I want to do this now. I shouldn’t have to walk around my own damn house like I’m gonna run into a tripwire at any moment. That’s not fair.”
    “Your lies aren’t fair, Hudson.”
    Her words hit me like a fucking brick. I guess I deserved that though.
    Sighing, I lean into her, needing to feel her. I rest my forehead against hers, our lips barely grazing. “Will you kiss me? Please?”
    She sighs this time and I catch a tear rolling down the side of her cheek. “I hate that you even have to ask that.”
    “I hate asking it.”
    I notice she doesn’t answer my question, but I don’t care. I press my lips to hers. We don’t move. We don’t try for more. We just stand there, holding our lips together, taking this moment in. Then suddenly, we’re really kissing. I don’t know who reaches for whom first, but we’re instantly wrapped up in one another. Within seconds, I have her up on the counter, her legs wrapped around me, writhing her tight, small body against mine. My cock is standing at attention, pressing into the heat between her legs. I hear a moan and I don’t know who it came from.
    Then I’m stumbling backwards, being pushed away, and Rae is crying. Hard.
    “What the…?” I scrub a hand over my face and move back in to her, gathering her in my arms, squeezing her tightly, trying to take away all the hurt. “I’m sorry, Rae. I’m so fucking sorry.”
    “You…” She sniffles, wiping her cheeks on my shirt. The tears soaking through feel like fucking fire. “You can’t fucking do that, Hudson. You can’t just use kisses and sex to get out of this. It’s too big. I don’t know what you’re hiding, but I can feel in my gut that it’s a big one.”
    I hate this. I hate that I’ve been hurting her for God knows how long now. I wonder…
    “How long have you felt this way?”
    “Not long, really. Just a couple weeks. I’ve just noticed