Page 220 of Bridesmaid By Chance
“I know what my brother said. And I don’t care what he said. Trust me, please.”
She stares up at me, pleading with me with her large eyes, and fuck, I can’t say no to her. Ever. “Okay,” I answer.
“Thank you.” She kisses me again, and when she pulls away, she whispers, “I love you.”
Those three little words—when she says them to me, it almost feels like the entire world tilts on its axis, stops rotating, and it’s just me and her.
“I love you,” I say back before she squeezes my hand and gets back in the car.
I stand there on the sidewalk as the driver gets in the car and takes off, feeling like this was the last time I am going to hear her say that to me, which makes my stomach churn all over again.
As much as she wants to say that it’s going to be okay, I know for a fact that it’s not.
SLOANE
I stand on the doorstep of my brother’s house, not an ounce of nerves pulsing through me.
Not even a little.
Instead, I feel levelheaded.
I know what I want to say, and I’m not going to skip a beat while I say it.
The door opens, and Haisley is on the other side in a pair of red shorts and an oversized gray shirt with her hair piled on the top of her head.
“Sloane,” she says, looking surprised.
“Hey, Haisley. Could I speak with my brother, please?”
She glances behind her and slowly works her way out onto the doorstep with me, shutting the door behind her. “He’s not in a good headspace.”
“I understand that, but it’s not going to stop me from talking with him. This needs to happen before he starts creating scenarios in his head.”
“I think that’s already happened.”
“Then there’s even more reason to talk to him.”
She pauses me and says, “I don’t know what Hudson did?—”
“I love him,” I say, plain and simple. “And he loves me. There’s nothing to say other than we’re married and we plan on keeping it that way.”
“Oh,” she says, completely shocked. “I…I had no idea.” She looks past my shoulder and then back to me. “You love him?”
“I do.”
She nods. “He…he needs that.”
“I know,” I say softly.
“I think he needs it the most out of all of us.”
“I’ve gathered that.”
She sighs. “And you’re here to defend him?”
“I am. I’m here to help my brother understand.”
She nods and then a small smile creeps out over her lips. “You know, I wouldn’t have put you two together, but if I think about it, I can see how you could be perfect for each other.”
