Page 72 of Should've Been Us
“Dammit Dare. Get out of my way. I need to go after her andexplain.”
“Explainwhat?”
“The bet.” He growled, “She found out about the fuckingbet.”
Derek’s hard stance softened fractionally and he sighed, “Shit.”
“Yeah.”
“I told you to tellher.”
“I know. Dammit Dare. Let me go afterher.”
“Yeah. Okay. Go.” Derek moved out of the way and Connor started to step past him and then stopped and turned back to hisfriend.
“I’m sorry to disrupt your reception. It was a beautiful wedding. You’re a luckyman.”
Derek flashed a small grin, “So areyou.”
Connor couldn’t force a return smile at Derek’s words so he nodded and then turned and went after his woman. He hoped like hell he was lucky. If he was lucky he’d find Lulu and she’d agree to hear him out. She’d give him a chance to explain and forgive him for not telling her about that stupid betsooner.
She was so much more than what that bet had reduced her to and he was an idiot for ever having hidden his feelings forher.
If he’d told her that he loved her, maybe she wouldn’t have jumped to the worst possible conclusion. Maybe she would have listened when he told her there was more to the story. Or maybe she’d still be hurt by the idea that he’d only seduced her to win some stupid, childish, insultingbet.
He cursed his stupidity under his breath as he pushed out of the ballroom where they’d all moved for the reception after the ceremony. He scanned the hallway, trying to think about where Lulu might go. It wasn’t the first time she’d stormed out on him. It wasn’t even the first time she’d stormed out on him in this very building. Last time, Dean had found her outside so he headed out the front door with nothing but a hell of a lot of determination, an apology and the three little words that might be his only shot of getting back in the good graces of the woman heloved.
