Page 14 of Seduced By My Bully

“I feel like an idiot for asking you this after all this time…”

“Ask me whatever you want to know.”

“Mindy said you planned to make a fool of me at the party. Said you were going to prove that no one wanted me at the school and that I needed to leave.”

“What the fuck?” I bark. I grab her hand and look her in the eyes, hoping she feels my sincerity. “You and I had our thing in school, but I never planned for that to happen. I would never do that to you, Roe, never! You have to believe me. I didn’t hate you. I was in love with you and didn’t know what to do with how I felt.”

I watch a range of emotions cross over her face before she gets up and walks away from me.

“Where are you going?” I ask, running after her. “Roe, stop,” I say, catching up to her. I stand in front of her and look into her eyes, her cheeks wet with tears. “What’s wrong? What did I say?”

“You made high school miserable because you thought you were in love with me?” She screams, wiping angrily at her face.

“I was a fucking idiot back then.”

“You can say that again.” She growls sexily.

A smile curves at my mouth, and she points at me. “Don’t!”

“I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend, right here that night forever ago. I got carried away, and when you left me, I got pissed. My pride took a hit, and I didn’t handle it right. I tried talking to you, but you wouldn’t see me. Then I saw you in homeroom talking to Justin, and it made things worse. I’m sorry for everything that happened that night and after. I’m sorry I was a dumbass of epic proportions. I just wanted you to talk to me, and picking at you was the only way I knew how to get you to do it. It was so stupid. I was so stupid.”

The silence is heavy as Monroe searches my face trying to decide what to believe. My heart is beating fast, realizing I just laid it all out on the line. Most of it anyway.

“I should have let you explain after that night, but I was so mad at you. Then you kept making me mad. I can be stubborn when people hurt me. It’s hard for me to forgive.”

“I’m a bit of a stubborn ass myself if you haven’t noticed,” I say, making her laugh. “I like it when you do that. You should laugh more often.”

“God no, my laugh is obnoxious.”

I shake my head. “No. It’s beautiful, just like you.”

Monroe bites her bottom lip. “Come here.”

When I step towards her, she stands on her tiptoes and pulls me down by my shirt and kisses me softly. My arms circle her waist and hold her close as I let her explore, giving her time, finally doing it right. When she finally pulls away, I open my eyes to see that she’s smiling wider than I’ve ever seen before. “Now that was a kiss.”

“Yes, it was,” I say, taking her hand in mine and lacing our fingers together.

“I need to get back to work, but if you still want to go on that date tonight, I’m game.”

“Perfect.”

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