Page 22 of The Omega's Secret Baby
“Is there any way we could...?”
Gently, he grabbed my chin and caught my eyes. There was sorrow in his gaze, but his expression was hard. “I'm sorry,” he said, as he leaned in to kiss me, one last time and I tried to memorize the way his lips felt. Hard and rough and warm and soft all at the same time. “I'm going to miss you, Eli.”
I swallowed through the lump in my throat. “I'm going to miss you too.”
So, so much.
You knew it was going to end this way.
But that didn't make it any easier.
After that day, I’d only tried to talk to Matt again once. When I saw him in town during the winter holidays, but he’d been out with his new wife, and in the end, I’d never managed to work up the nerve to walk up to them.
Still deep in thought, I took a sip of my coffee. “He kissed me today.”
“Who? Matt?” Griff shot me a confused look.
“Oh, did I say that out loud?” I shook my head.
“Yeah, you did!”
I pinched the bridge of my nose. “Well, it happened.”
Griff gave me a conspiratorial grin. “How was it?”
I sighed. “Just the way I remembered it.” Only more intense, because memories always faded after a while.
“Dude.” My brother leaned forward a bit. “I thought you were over him.”
I hid behind my coffee mug. “It’s not that easy.”
“Okay, okay. Did this kiss happen before or after you told him about Jake?”
“Before…” I furrowed my brows. “Of course it was before. And I told him off for it. We really shouldn’t be kissing.” I set the mug down. “Nothing will come of it.” After everything, I should know that.
“Yeah…” Griff leaned back again. “I guess you’re right.”
I took another sip of my coffee and then the phone rang. “I got it,” I said, getting up to answer it. “Hello?”
“Eli?” Matt’s voice greeted me on the other end. Immediately my heart rate sped up.
“Yeah, it’s me.”
“I thought a little about things.” He paused, and I swallowed.
“So what are you thinking?”
“I have to see Jake.”
I closed my eyes and inhaled. I couldn’t keep Matt from his son, and I didn’t want to, but how was I going toexplainthis to Jake? My mouth went dry. “I get that. I really do, but I don’t know if Jake’s ready for this.”
“I understand. I’m not going to tell him anything if you don’t think I should, not yet. But I need to see him.”
Of course he did. “Yeah. Sure. That’s fine.” It was going to be fine. Just fine.Deep breaths, Eli.
“How about we take him sledding?” Matt suggested. “I got the impression he would like that.”
“He would.” Matt had really thought about this.
