Page 16 of Coming Home to You
“Beck,” Pop says, his voice softer now.
“What?”I ask, my shoulders hunched over my pint as I wonder what the fuck I’m supposed to do next.
“She still loves you too, you know,” he says, before walking off to serve another group of tourists.
“Fuck,” I mumble into my beer.This isn’t going to be as simple as I’d thought.
Sunday morning and I wake to the sun spilling into my childhood bedroom and the sound of waves crashing, coming in through the open window.I roll over, half expecting to find Kelsey sleeping beside me, but then I remember, I’m twenty-nine, not nineteen, and we are no longer together.
I sit up, knowing there’s no chance of me getting back to sleep now.It’s only seven o’clock in the morning, and despite a pounding headache from the countless pints of beer I’d drunk last night, they’d been the only thing to put me to sleep in the first place.
“What are you doing here, you idiot?”I ask my reflection when I walk into the bathroom.“She doesn’t want you here and you’re a fucking idiot to think you can waltz in here and sort everything out.”I shake my head at how pathetic I am before climbing into a hot shower.I need to go and pick up my truck and then I need to go and see Finn, find out what’s going on with the search for this fuckhead who’s decided to stalk Kelsey.
As I towel off and walk back towards my room, pulling on a pair of jeans and an old t-shirt that Kelsey always used to try and steal, I know I’m also going to have to go and see her.If nothing else, I need to apologize for last night.Breaking into her house—even if it wasn’t technically breaking in because I knew the alarm code—was a dick thing to do.And even if she wasn’t prepared to forget about what happened ten years ago and maybe give us another shot now, I knew I still wanted her to know that despite everything, I was going to find this guy.
Because if it’s one thing I knew more than anything, Kelsey belonged to only one person.
Me.
Chapter Seven
Kelsey
Well, goddamn it.
Did that really happen last night?Seeing Beck sitting on my couch did things to my body and my mind that I never expected.There is such a fine line between anger and lust and I pushed it to the limit last night.I have never wanted him so badly and it took everything in me to turn him away, but the past is not so distant a memory.It still hurts like hell, and the last thing I want to re-experience is losing him all over again.Even though every fiber of my being was craving him, needing him, wanting him.
Arguing with him turned me on more than I can even fathom.My panties were soaked and all my desire pooling in one place, a place that only Beck’s cock could fill.When he pulled me into his arms, I ground myself against his leg trying to soothe the ache that developed between mine.His piercing blue eyes connected with mine as images of him bending me over my couch and fucking me, hard and fast flooded my mind.It was all too much.I knew I needed to push him away; I needed to protect myself.
It’s seven in the morning and I’m awake, I have been for the last three hours.I haven’t slept well in weeks.Ever since this shit went down with Jason, my life has been in disarray.Now coupled with Beck returning, I can’t seem to shut my brain down.
He looked far better than I could have even imagined.The pictures I found on Google did not do him justice.To see that beautiful face and those gorgeous eyes; his body, strong and firm, full of muscle, but somehow still the boy I remember, the body I knew so well.
It was like we hadn’t even missed a day together, him remembering everything about me, everything that turned me on.The way his hand slipped under my tank, the way his fingers trailed along my skin leaving it hot and burning from his touch.And when he took my nipple in his mouth it was like a direct line to my already wet center.To feel him inside me, to have him fuck me and end the need that began to take over was overwhelming, but when I heard his voice, when he called me baby, something in me flipped and all I could remember was him leaving me.All the pain, the hurt, the tears came back to me, and I knew I needed to stop it before it went any further.
I roll over and groan at the thought of having to get out of bed because I’d honestly love to hide out here until Beck decides to give up and fuck off back to the city.I figure he’ll be gone soon, because he can’t get what he came here for—Me.I’m not his anymore and neither is my body.
After taking far too long to shower and eat breakfast, I’m finally ready to head into work.I send Finn a text to let him know I’ll be leaving in a few, since we agreed I wouldn’t go anywhere without giving him a heads up.I get a quick text back telling me to give him ten minutes and he’ll be over.
I give him some time, but grow tired of waiting, so I pack up my things, whistle for Bella, who is still obsessing over that squirrel and we both head out to the car.
Just as I’m stepping out the front door, Beck is climbing out of his truck, which is parked in my driveway.Of course he looks amazing.That boy could make a fucking snowsuit look hot.Dressed in an old t-shirt and a pair of well-worn jeans, it’s hard to look away and even harder to tell my body to stop betraying me.He leans back against the front of the truck, his arms crossed over his chest as he flashes me his cheeky little smile.It was that one thing, no matter how mad I was, that got me to forgive him.That fucking smile, those perfect teeth; all of it together with his eyes and that face, I was powerless.He’d call me ‘baby’ and that would be the end of it.Something about the way he said it, the tone of his voice, the way he looked at me; it all made me feel like I was the only girl in the world.The only girl he would ever love.But in the end, it was a lie and I won’t fall for his game again.
“Are you fucking kidding me?”I mumble as I stomp to my car not even acknowledging his presence.Guess he can’t take a hint.
“Kelsey, wait,” he calls as I unlock my car.I’m not sure what I plan to do since he’s blocking me in.Maybe I can just sit in my car and act like he’s not here.I’m being a little childish and I realize that.
I turn to face him just as Finn pulls in behind Beck’s truck.As he’s walking up the driveway I hear him chuckle as he shakes his head.He walks right past Beck and greets me with a kiss on the cheek.But it’s that second when I see something in Beck change.His jaw tenses and he uncrosses his arms, standing up a little straighter now.I smirk at him when I realize he’s jealous.
“Morning, Kelsey,” Finn says.“You ready?”
“I would be, but this dick has me blocked in,” I say as I thumb in Beck’s direction.“Maybe you could help me out with that, Chief?”
Before Finn can respond Beck is jumping down his throat.
“What the fuck’s going on here?You trying to steal my girl?”he accuses and I laugh, but Finn’s face is stoic.
“Your girl?”I question as I roll my eyes and let out a huff.“Please.”
