I suddenly became very nervous like I always did on those haystacks. “Remember our last night here?”
She screwed her face up in disgust. “Do I remember you sleeping with me and then breaking it off the next morning? Hmm… let me think. Do I remember that?” The sarcasm dripped from her mouth.
I looked down at my hands and exhaled. “I’m sorry. You have to understand I only did what was best for you, Callie. I’ve never stopped loving you. But you deserve a happy life with someone who can buy you the things you need and want—”
“I deserved to be happy with you, Mike! But you wouldn’t even give me the chance to show you how much I didn’t care if you couldn’t provide for me. I wanted you anyway,” she said, and my breathing became shallow.
She tensed up, and I edged closer to her, so I stopped and held my hands up in surrender. “Callie, I love you. I have always, and will always, love you,” I whispered, edging even closer.
Callie didn’t flinch away, and let me caress her cheek.
“Mike, why? Why would you send me away if you love me? It doesn’t make any sense.” A single tear fell down her cheek, and I brushed it away with my thumb.
“It doesn’t matter. I was an idiot, and I know that now. I need you, Callie. I love you. It’s you and me for eternity. Remember?”
I heard her whimper ever so slightly. Her hand came up and caressed the back of my head. We were both breathing erratically as the hormones were starting to kick in.
I wanted her.
Badly.
I needed her.
More than my life.
And I knew Callie felt the same.
“I love you,” I said quietly and then pressed my lips to hers ever so softly.
She kissed me back.
She actually kissed me back.
Callie’s hand scrunched my hair as she pulled me on top of her, and we laid down. My tongue collided with hers, and she moaned as she wrapped her legs around my waist, pulling our hips closer together. I couldn’t help grinding into her as I grew hard, and my need for her became unbearable. It’d been so long since I was with her, and I had only ever been with her. So, it was hard to regain my composure.
She clawed at my shirt, lifting it over my head. I sat up and threw it off as she worked on my belt. Callie undid it quickly and followed with my button and zipper. I shuffled out of my pants while she took off her dress and then flew back into my arms, kissing me passionately.
She wasn’t wearing a bra, so I only had to remove her panties, and I made short work of that. It was then I moved over her. I couldn’t deal with taking it slow this time because I had to show her there and then how much I needed her. Wanted her.
I looked Callie in the eyes as I entered her body. She looked right back at me, and I saw a tear fall down her cheek. I wiped it away with my thumb.
“Do you want me to stop?” I asked, a little confused by her tears.
“I don’t want you ever to stop, Mike.”
I didn’t last as long as I would have liked. She felt so good, and I got a little excited, but I made sure she was satisfied first. Once we had climaxed, I stayed inside her for as long as possible. I didn’t want to be away from her, so we laid there together, kissing passionately.
It was getting close to morning by this time, so I had to take her home. I didn’t need Bernard coming after me with his shotgun. Though, he probably will when he learns that the engagement is now off.
I slowly woke Callie, and we got dressed.
She didn’t say much, and she seemed distant. I put it down to her being tired.
We climbed down from the haystacks, and she stopped at the doorframe and ran her fingers over our symbol. I smiled and took her hand while we walked to the car. We drove the short distance back to the King mansion, and I hopped out of the car and walked around to her door, but she had already opened it before I could.
That struck me as an odd thing for her to do and should’ve been my second warning sign, the first being her silence.
I waited for her to step out of the car, and she did. I immediately encased her body with mine and smiled at her brightly, then leaned down and kissed her. She returned the kiss but not with any great enthusiasm, so I pulled back and looked at her. She was crying.