My Husband Chose His Ex I Became His Regret novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Lila

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When you wait three whole days for something you really want, once the three days pass, how do you go about taking whatever it is you’ve been waiting for? Here I am this evening outside of Aidan’s suite at 9 PM on the last night I am in Singapore, knocking on the door and wondering if this is the start of me making the best decision or the biggest mistake in my life.

And now, it’s our last night together. Tomorrow we fly back to NYC and Storm Industries and into real life.

Back to trying to figure out what we’ve made together.

I knock before my confidence wavers.

He opens the door immediately, as though he had been waiting for me to arrive.

“Hi.” He says.

He is in shorts and a polo t-shirt; it is the first time I have seen him in a t-shirt. It is black and fits him perfectly across his shoulders, and I can’t help but look at him.

“Hi.” I was finally able to say. “You said to come over to celebrate our last night together.”

“I did.” He stepped aside and allowed me to come into the room.

The suite is set up differently this evening; there are candles on the dining room table, and there is wine already poured. Soft music plays in the background.

“This looks like…romantic.” I say, having lost my voice.

“Does it?” He asks as he closes the door behind me. “I was hoping for a professional and celebratory type of experience.” He jokes.

“I ordered dinner,” he explains. “Should be here in about 30 minutes, but first I really wanted to-” He stops and sets his glass down. “I wanted to talk with you.”

“About what?”

“What will happen when we go home tomorrow. You know? This…experience we’ve been having together.”

My heart races. “What experience?”

“I’m not sure yet,” he says while moving closer. “But I do know that I want something more.”

“More than just colleagues?”

“More than partners. More than just…” He stops and runs his hands through his hair. He looks frustrated. “I haven’t had to deal with feelings and being vulnerable for 15 years because I built all these walls around me…but somehow I…you…”

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Chapter 49

“You make me dramatic. You make me reckless. You make me want things I’ve never wanted before

“What things?”I asked.

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He cups my face. Both hands. Gentle but firm. “You. Just you. Every version of you. The professional one who negotiates like a shark. The vulnerable one who still doubts herself sometimes. The one who laughs at street food and lights up when she tries something new. All of it. I want all of it.”

“Aidan…”

“I’m falling for you.” The words tumble out. Raw. Honest. “I’ve been falling for you since I first saw you and you looked at me like I was offering you salvation. And these three days-watching you discover the world. seeing you happy, being the reason you smile…” He stops. Breathes. “I’m completely gone for you, Lila. And I need to know if you feel the same.”

I can barely breathe. “You’re falling for me?”

“Falling implies I haven’t already landed. I’m pretty sure I’m already there.”

“Where?”

“In love with you.”

The words hang between us. Huge. Terrifying. Perfect.

“Say something,” he says quietly. “Anything.”

“I’m terrified,” I whisper.

“Of what?”

“That this is too good. That you’re too good. That I’m going to wake up and it’ll all be a dream.” I touch his face. Feel the stubble under my fingers. “That you’ll realize I’m not worth…”

He kisses me.

Hard. Desperate. Cutting off every doubt, every fear, every insecurity.

I kiss him back just as desperately. Hands fisting in his t-shirt. Pulling him closer.

He walks me backward. Through the living room. Down the hallway. I barely register where we’re going until my back hits a wall.

“Bedroom,” he breathes against my lips. “We’re going to the bedroom. Tell me to stop if you don’t want-

“Don’t stop.” I pull him closer. “Don’t you dare stop.”

He lifts me. My legs wrap around his waist. He carries me like I weigh nothing.

The bedroom is dark except for the city lights through the windows. He sets me on the bed. Hovers over me.

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Chapter 49

“Tell me you feel the same way about me and that I am not alone in this.”

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I say, “You are not alone.” I pull him down and kiss him, “I am falling in love with you too, and I have been falling in love with you for a while now; I am scared and excited and in way over my head, but I am falling in love.”

“Thank god.” He kisses me again slowly and savors the taste of me. “I thought I was crazy.”

“You are, we are.”

He slides his hand under my shirt and warmth touches my skin; “Can I-”

“Yes, whatever you ask, yes.”

He smiles against my lips, “I have not asked anything yet.”

“I do not care, the answer is yes.”

He methodically and slowly unbuttons my shirt, kissing every inch of skin that he exposes.

“You are gorgeous.” He whispers, “so fucking gorgeous.”

“Aidan.”

“I have wanted this for a long time, and I have wanted to be with you for a long time.”

His hands trace my body in a way that suggests he is taking a mental picture of it. I explore his body-his muscles, which I had only envisioned in fancy dress shirts, and the durability of his skin, and how he jerks when I touch him in certain places.

“Lila, we should… I should…”

“What?”

“Slow down. We should take our time, not rush-”

But I want to be more intimate. I pull him closer to me. “So we’ve been slowing down for four months? I’ve reached my limit on slowing down.”

“Because I want to…” He kisses my chin and neck. “I want to take my time with you. I want to…”

“You can take your time at a later date. For now, I just want you and all of you.”

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