When Amy still hadn’t said anything or budged, he walked into the room, scooped her up in his arms, as if she weighed nothing, and gently deposited her in the front passenger seat of the car. He placed a couple more hundred dollar bills on the nightstand with a note that said ‘for the lock,’ and then quickly pulled out of the slum motel’s parking lot.
Lucas programmed the hotel address into his GPS and was at the Valley River Inn within ten minutes. There was hardly any traffic that night. Amy said nothing on the drive over. She sat in the passenger seat with her head turned away from him and her arms crossed.
Amy had so many emotions running through her at once and didn’t know what to focus on. The emotion on the forefront was love. She loved the man so very much. Her life without him seemed so endless and empty.
She loved him too much to be able to sit back while he had affairs with different women. She knew the redhead wouldn’t be the last. He was vibrant, handsome, and every woman’s dream. Look how quickly she’d fallen for him.
They reached the hotel and she obediently followed him in. She was too exhausted, emotionally and physically, to fight him anymore that night. She’d just have to rationally explain she wasn’t the type of woman who would sit back while her husband slept around.
They entered the beautiful suite and her nerves were stretched to the breaking point. He hadn’t spoken to her since he’d whisked her out of that disgusting motel. She wasn’t sorry to see that place go.
Maybe, after they talked, he’d let her stay in her old apartment until the baby was born. He knew she was on strict orders to not be working right then as it could cause harm to the baby.
She’d never do anything to hurt her child. Her hand caressed her stomach as she sat on the couch and waited to see what he had to say.
Lucas stepped over to the phone and placed an order for food and then sat next to her.
“Amy, I’ve never been as terrified as when I realized you had left me. How could you not realize what you mean to me?” he began speaking. She opened her mouth to respond, but he gently shook his head and pulled her into his lap.
She knew she should struggle, but even though he was the reason she was in so much pain, she wanted the comfort he was offering. He began rubbing her back in slow circles and she had to fight the tears wanting to fall again. She didn’t see how there was a single tear left in her body.
“Look at me, please,” he pled with her. She finally turned to look into his eyes. They seemed so filled with love and sincerity. “I love you,” he simply stated.
She finally lost the battle to hold her tears in, and they fell freely down her cheeks and her body shook gently with sobs at finally hearing the words she had wanted for so long.
“I love you and only you,” he said again as he gently wiped away her tears. “What you saw today was not me clinging to another woman. She is an ex-girlfriend who was trying to get me back. If you would’ve stayed a moment longer, you would’ve seen me push her away as soon as she made her move. I had security remove her from the premises. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time,” he finished with a sheepish grin on his face.
She stared at him, starting to feel a ray of hope. He was saying he loved her, and maybe she really had jumped to conclusions. “Why would you think I’d cheat on you? Making love to you is the best sex I have ever had in my life. It’s so much more than just sex. I can never get enough of you. Why in the world would I need to go to another woman when I have you to myself every night?” he asked with confusion.
“It makes more sense to me that you’d want a woman like her. I’m not sophisticated, or gorgeous. You got trapped into being with me because of the baby. It just makes more sense than you actually being able to love me,” she broke off on a sob and could say nothing further.
Lucas lifted her chin and placed his lips on hers, cherishing the feel of their soft touch. She immediately responded, as she always did, to even his lightest touch. He pulled back before things could get out of hand, which was so easy with her.
“Amy, I admit we didn’t start out the best way, but none of that matters anymore. All that matters now is how we feel about each other and how we feel about our child,” he said while running his hand over her stomach.
“I love you so much. I’m sorry I’ve been a fool. I was afraid to give you my heart because you already own me in every other way. I’d walk through fire for you. I’d hunt you down to the edges of the universe. I can’t, and won’t, live without you. You and our child are my reason for survival. Without you both, there is no joy or passion in my life. There is no meaning,” he said.