Page 75 of One Impossible Moment
He stopped pacing, but he didn't look at her.
"You can drive a car."She stepped closer."You like riding the motorcycle.You can buy one where I live.There are grocery stores and restaurants everywhere.There are so many things you haven't done."She grabbed his forearm, forcing him to look at her."If I stay here, the town wins.The rift wins.I can't let that happen.I won't."Her voice deepened, almost going hoarse."You have to see the truth.You don't belong here anymore."
He finally met her eyes, and the pain in them nearly broke her.
"Finn...you love me," she whispered."And I love you.Isn't that enough?"
"I don't know what the fuck I'm supposed to do."He closed his eyes as if the words hurt him.
Kallie cupped his face in both hands, her thumbs brushing the rough stubble along his jaw."Come home with me," she begged."Please.Don't stay here and fade away.Don't let this place take you away from me."
His breath shuddered against her palms.
"I don't know," he whispered again.
The world tilted under her feet.The air punched out of her lungs as the weight of everything they'd survived pressed down on her.How could he not know?How could he hesitate when the alternative was losing each other and living a miserable life?
"Finn," she said, her voice breaking, "I can offer you so much more than this.A life where no one is trying to split us apart.A life where you're not trapped in a loop.A life where you get to choose what you want to do every day."
He opened his eyes, and the fear in them made her stomach twist.
"Why wouldn't you want that?"she whispered.
He didn't answer.
The silence between them felt heavier than any storm.
She grabbed his shirt, pulling him closer, desperate to make him understand."You deserve more than a life where you're constantly fighting to feel anything at all."
He grabbed her wrists to stop her.
"Finn."She trembled."You have to see the truth."
If he chose Everstill over her, she wasn't sure she'd survive without him.She'd protected her heart her entire life, refusing to let her mom break her or the foster homes strip her of confidence.She'd done that, knowing Finn was her reward.All she had to do was grow up, and he would belong to her.
Now she wanted to give him the same.
He believed he was bad.His criminal past had forced him to live a hellish life, stripping him of everything.He could have so much more with her.
"Finn, come back with—"
"No."He captured her mouth, shutting her up with an unapologetically hard kiss.
Shock stunned her.Off balance, she pushed against his chest.He only held her tighter and kissed her deeper.
