The Wright One

HANNAH

I am not having much luck sleeping. I just keep picturing what it felt like to have Justin kissing me. Holding me. Making me feel like the woman of his dreams. Not to mention Lauren’s words keep swimming in my head. It doesn’t make sense. How can Justin love me? It doesn’t make sense in any universe there is.

My phone starts chiming, I start to panic, what if it’s about Caden. Quickly picking up my phone I see text after text from Justin.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Hannah, I need to talk to you.

Baby, please answer me.

Where are you?

Answer me.

It’s important.

I can’t understand what could be so important unless it is about Caden.

I quickly call Justin, because that is a lot faster than texting. “Is everything ok? Is Caden alright?”

“Yeah, Caden is fine. Can you come to the door?”

I am confused as hell but I start walking to the door with Justin on the phone. “Was Caden scared? Did he want to come home?”

“Caden is fine, can you please just come to the door?”

I don’t know what is going on with him. He doesn’t make a lot of sense. What is he doing here if it isn’t because of Caden. Maybe Caden is with him and he just wants me to calm down before he tells me what is going on. I open the door and the only one standing there is Justin. He ends the call on his phone. Stepping into my front room. Forcing me to take a step back.

Justin stares down at me with intense eyes. “Justin, what’s going on?”

“I know you need time, but I am not losing you again. There is no way I can do it.” His arms wrap around my waist. Pulling my body flush with his. “I have loved you for so long, but I was stupid and lost you once. I will not do it again. There is no way I could survive it. I know you feel it too. I know you felt it in my room this evening. You wanted to be with me, I know there is so much between us, that sometimes it’s hard to wrap your head around it. But I know what we are. We are meant to be. That is why you were pregnant with Caden, it was a sign. I love Caden as much as I love you. I want you both to move in with me. I want you to never leave me again.” He rests his chin on my head. Holding me close, begging me to understand how he feels.

“Don’t you think that is all moving too fast Justin?”

“No, baby, it is almost nine years in the making. There is nothing fast about it. I want my family and I am not leaving your side until you can see it too.”

I can feel the tears falling down my cheeks. “Justin, how do I know that you won’t reject me again like you did last time. That you won’t find someone who is prettier and more socially acceptable. Your family is a big deal in this town, so anyone you marry will be judged by the whole town. You know it as well as I do. A single mom that was chased out of town by her parents, isn’t exactly socially acceptable.”

He pulls me closer. “You are not a single parent. We are Caden’s parents. Together. Us getting married is just fixing an old mistake. Caden wants us together. I want us together. Right now you are the only one stopping this.”

We are both quiet for a moment. Until Justin breaks the silence. “Oh, by the way. No one ever has been prettier to me than you. I mean ever. I love those glasses, they are the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life.”

I laugh. I can’t help it. “My glasses?”

He pulls back enough to look at me. “I honestly don’t know how you can’t tell how adorable I think you are. How much I have loved you, all these years no one has ever come close to touching the way you make me feel.”

I can hardly keep my tears at bay. “Justin, you are the only one I have ever loved. I just never in a million years thought you felt the same way. You can have someone so much better than me. What would make you want to be with me?”

“You saw me as the greatest person in your life. That was all I ever needed. You loved me even with my millions of flaws, and yes I am aware of them. Still you loved me and helped me to be better. When you left, it was like the light left my world. It wasn’t until you walked into my office with my son that I started to see light again.” He kissed my forehead.

We were so lost in each other that we didn’t even notice that anyone else was in the room. My mom grunts. “If you don’t accept him now I am going to kick your butt right back to Fairview.”

I turn and look at her. “Mom.” I gasp in shock.

She shrugs. “What? Your father never talked about me like that. You would be a fool to lose someone who cares about you that much.”

I look back at Justin. “Well, she is right about one thing.”

He smiles down at me. “What, baby?”

“I would be a fool to lose the love of my life.”

This time when his lips touch mine, I feel complete. Like no matter what happens in the world at least we have each other. And nothing will tear that apart.