Page 330 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 3
"Him!" I closed my eyes, trying to prevent my tears from spilling over. "I just want him."
"I know how much it terrifies you to say that you want someone instead of some random goal. Because you may end up getting hurt. You might end up alone like me."
"Mom." I sat down next to her. "That's not..."
"No, it's fine. What I never told you growing up was that I never regretted any of my decisions. Your father was my great love. No, it didn't last. But I wouldn't change a second of what we had. And he gave me you, the best possible gift anyone could ask for."
I wanted to cry all over again.
"Don't you ever run away from something great just because you're scared. That's not the girl I raised."
It didn't matter that I had wound up in New York because of my ex or that I stayed there out of spite. I still found what I wanted. "I want to get a real advertising job. I don't want to have to live pay check to pay check anymore. I want to be with Mason."
"There you go. You already knew all of that. So what are you doing here in the middle of the night waking up your mother?"
I laughed. "I missed you."
"I missed you too, sweetie. But I'd rather you be across the world and happy than right beside me and sad."
I sighed. "I know."
"Now let me get you that cup of tea." She patted my knee and stood up.
I knew what I wanted. But I couldn't shake the feeling that Mason didn't want the same thing. It wasn't like I could make him fall in love with me. He had made it perfectly clear where he stood.
