It's You
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“True, but not until you are better.”
“I really do feel better, maybe not 100%, but strong enough to start taking care of myself.”
“I don’t want you to go,” he said honestly.
She gazed at him wide-eyed, her mouth open, but no words came out. His complete honesty caught her off guard.
She cleared her throat.
“My father left before I was even born. I always just assumed it was because he didn’t love or want me. Had my mother told me the truth, the whole truth, then I wouldn’t have grown up my whole life thinking he left because of me. All she ever said was that he left because he wasn’t ready for a family, and while that may be true, there was so much more to the story. It wasn’t until my mother died that I found out why he really left and why he stayed away. I went through years of pain and anguish over something I wouldn’t have if my mother had just told me the whole story. He didn’t know I even existed. She never told him that she was pregnant. She was angry over their breakup and kept her pregnancy from him. So he didn’t leave me, because he never knew I was alive. Finding that out didn’t make not having a father my whole life any easier, but it did help take away some of the pain from thinking him leaving was because of me.”
“I never knew that story about your father, Zoey. I’m sorry.”
“When I found out the whole story about my father, I learned how important the truth was and vowed that if I was ever serious with someone, I would always be completely honest with them, no matter what. A relationship is built on trust and without that, you have nothing.”
Pain and remorse flashed in Evan’s eyes as he looked down at Zoey.
“You were right Zoey, not telling you was wrong,” he said gently.
There was something so tender and genuine about the look in his eyes when he said that, it made her stomach fill with butterflies.
“I told myself that I didn’t want to hurt you and that’s why I kept the truth from you, but I think I just didn’t want you to judge me for my indiscretions. I didn’t want you to think less of me or see me for how I’ve seen myself. You make me want to be a better person, and I so want to be that better person for you. But you are right, not telling you the truth was a stupid mistake and one I won’t make again.”
Even with the dim lighting in the room she could see the emotion spark from his beautiful eyes. “I love you Zoey. I want you today, tomorrow and for the rest of my life. There is no one else for me. It’s you and only you.”
Zoey looked into his familiar eyes and recalled all the wonderful memories she had had with Evan over the years, and tears began to trickle down her face.
“I’ve loved you my whole life, Evan, and if you think I would just give up on you after one fight, you are crazy. I’m not happy about what happened but I’m not willing to just walk away either. I love you, I’ve always loved you and I know we can make this work.”
Evan leaned into Zoey and touched her lips lightly with his. She slipped her hands around his body, pulling him in closer. Suddenly, all the hurt and anger she had been feeling was replaced by passion and love.
All she could do was think about the desire she was feeling for him and the joy she felt being back in the arms of the man she loved and who loved her.
Evan pulled back slightly, his lips hovering just over hers. He reached out and caressed her cheek. His breath came out ragged, as the chemistry between them sizzled.
“I love you,” he whispered.
A smile swept across her face.
He leaned in to kiss her again, and the only thing Zoey could do was melt into his embrace.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for reading my story and letting me share my work with you. There are many people out there who consider writing their “job” but I can assure you, that’s far from the case with me. Writing is my passion and my escape from the real world and it’s great to be able to share that with you.
Since I was a little girl, I have been making up stories in my mind. I can remember doing it as young as eight years old, but never in all of that time did I think that anyone would ever care to read those stories.
I’m glad that my friends and family encouraged me to start writing them down because it’s been the greatest experience of my life to share my crazy little worlds with each and every one of you. Thank you for letting me do that and for going on the journey with me.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
At heart Tracy Tegan is a storyteller and has been making up stories in her head or for her five wonderful nieces for as long as she can remember. With the encouragement from her family she finally decided to give life to some of the voices in her head and put paper to pen.
After spending the last seventeen years as a dot com strategy consultant, and professional blogger about relationships, dating and issues pertaining to gender equality, Tracy Tegan decided to put her knowledge of internet marketing to good use and self-publish her first novel, Absolutely Unforgivable.
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While she admits she never expected to reach the New York Times best sellers list with her first book, she was more than thrilled with what she had accomplished in terms of sales and positive response to her writing and with that has already begun work on several new projects including a sequel to Absolutely Unforgivable which promises to shock and surprise readers by taking the story on a very unexpected twist and turn that fans of Billy Snow and Stacy Keller will never see coming.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Acknowledgements
About the Author