Sienna’s hand comes up and cups my face. “Thank you.”
She closes her eyes; her breathing is soft and slow as she falls asleep.
Rolling onto my back I stare at the ceiling. I give up fighting the way I feel about her. Sienna is in my bed again and this is where she is going to stay. In the morning, we are going to have a serious talk and work out what the hell is happening between us.
“Hailey.” The deep, timbered voice mumbles beside me. My head is hurting badly; my mouth is dry and there is an enormous tattooed arm imprisoning me against them. I can feel the distinct morning wood against my bare back, as one leg wraps around mine. Claustrophobia is clawing its way through my body; who the hell am I in bed with and why the hell do they think I’m Hailey?
“I’m so sorry, the baby, the baby.”
The voice mumbles again behind me; this hangover is a real bitch or maybe I am still drunk but the mumble sounds a lot like Evan. Looking down at the arm holding me I notice the colorful art; fuck, it is Evan. How the hell did I end up in bed with Evan? Looking down my body, I notice I’m only in my underwear. Shit! Last night is pretty foggy, I don’t remember much.
“Fucking bastard.” Evan yells out, as he grips me tightly making me scream and waking him up.
Evan sits up momentarily stunned. Blinking he tries to get his bearings as he turns towards me. “Sienna?” He says my name in a question.
“Who’s Hailey?” I ask, looking at him. He goes pale and turns quiet. Shit, fuck this. I jump out of the bed quickly grabbing my dress on the floor.
“Sienna, wait.”
Turning around I hold the dress against me trying to hide my near nakedness, while he runs his hand over his head.
“Please don’t go, let me, um, shit … let me explain.”
My stomach is doing somersaults; it’s probably from my hangover but maybe a little to do with whoever this Hailey person is. Hesitantly Evan moves back against the headboard patting the bed beside him. Sighing, I put my dress on and join him in bed.#p#分页标题#e#
He puts his arm around my shoulder pulling me across his chest. His other hand is holding me securely in place.
“How are you feeling this morning?” His lips touch my ear, sending shivers through my body.
“Fine, but don’t change the subject.”
Evan takes a deep breath and slowly blows it out. “Hailey was my high school ex-girlfriend.”
Okay, that’s not so bad. At least it wasn’t a groupie from last night.
“We were young and in love, she never wanted to leave Texas. I wanted to be a rock star; so you can see where this is going.”
Nodding, I understood, because well … obviously he’s single.
“We had started making it big on the festival circuit and Hailey was going well in medical school until we found out she was pregnant. The world stopped and everything that was wrong in our relationship started to become glaringly obvious. When she lost the baby I stayed on tour instead of going home and helping her grieve. I was an idiot. I sent my best friend, Kevin, to help her. I lost myself to alcohol and drugs to cope.”
I could feel Evan tensing beside me, and I had a good idea what he is going to say next.
“I came home early from the tour to surprise her. I got on the first plane out of LA to Houston. I wanted to show her how I had cleaned myself up and got my act together. I was going to propose; I wanted to make her happy for being a pretty shitty boyfriend since losing the baby. But I was the one who was surprised. I found her and Kevin in bed together. Apparently my best friend had been looking after her since the miscarriage. They had grown closer the more time I spent away.”
Rolling over I put my arm around Evan and gave him a hug. I knew exactly how that felt – finding the person you love with someone else.
“It’s taken me a long time to get over it. They are both happily married to each other and have a couple of kids. They run their own medical practice in Houston; I’ve even caught up with them over the years. Kevin was always more suited to Hailey, they both wanted the same things. I just happened to ask her out first in high school.”
“I don’t think I would be so forgiving?”
Wrapping his arms around me he held me tight. “I never want to go through that again, ever. It took me a very long time to forgive them both, especially the first time I ran into them, but they are happy together. I couldn’t see myself with the white picket fence, living in one spot, kids and everything.”
My stomach flipped flopped thinking about our little mistake, the chances of something happening is like 1% but listening to him saying he is happy to be single, with no kids, and travel the world stung a little.