Keeping You Forever (A Harbor Love Series) by Jaclyn Marulanda Page A

slide under her shirt and heated her skin with his warm hands. The sound of her moaning as he touched her drove him crazy and he let his hands explore every inch of soft skin as his lips moved down her neck, kissing and nibbling gently on her and whispered “I think this tops our first kiss don’t you?”
     “This tops any kiss I’ve ever had,” she said and gave him one more quick kiss on the lips.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

     
    “ Y ou think that my sisters will find the note before they start to wonder where I am when they see I am not home.”
     He laughed and shook his head. “You left the note on the front door, if they can’t see that then they really had a good time tonight. Don’t worry about it Grace, they will be fine and I am sure they will know that you are with me. I would never let anything happen to you,” he said as he unlocked the front door to his house.
     As he walked in his front door he stopped, causing Grace to run right into his back. What he saw in front of him turned his world upside down and his heart dropped. He moved his hands behind him reaching for hers and pulled her arms around him holding her close making sure she wouldn’t run and leave him when she realized who was standing in the middle of his living room.
    “Hello Tyler,” said the woman standing in the living room.
     He looked back at Grace who was fully aware now of the other woman standing in the room. He felt her pull her arm back but he held on tight, gripping her wrist so she couldn’t move.
    “What are you doing here Missy?” he asked.
    “I made a mistake Tyler and I miss you. I wanted to come tell you in person and bring you back home where you belong.”
    “A mistake! Missy, you left me waiting for you at the altar. Your mother had to tell me you left and the wedding was off.”
      “I know, I was scared ok. It was a mistake Tyler. Please…please let me make it up to you. I love you and I am ready to get married now and spend the rest of my life with you.”
    Grace felt her stomach drop at the words she was hearing coming from this woman in Tyler’s house. She tried pulling away from him again but his grip tightened every time she tried to pull her hand free of his.
    “Tyler I should go you obviously have some important stuff to deal with right now,” Grace said still trying to get away from him.
    “No you are not going anywhere Grace. I want you here. Missy is the one who needs to leave,” he said and turned back around looking at his ex. “You need to leave Missy. Go back home. You should have never come here! We were over the day you left me at the altar.”
     “You don’t mean that Tyler. We had a long relationship, we made plans and had our future planned out with each other.”
     “You’re right. We did have our futures planned out; I did love you and was ready to marry you.  You were the one who changed those plans without telling me. So, I left and I’ve started over. I’m not going back Missy and we are not getting back together!”
     “You just need some time to think about all of this. I will be in town for the next couple of days. Think about this, about us and come see me. I’m staying at the bed and breakfast down the street,” she said before walking out of the door.
      Tyler turned around, never letting go of Grace as he looked into her eyes.” Grace I didn’t know she would be here, please believe me when I tell you that. I wanted this night to be perfect like our last night together. I know this looked really bad, her being here and everything you heard, but I do not have feelings for her anymore. When I left California I left all of my feelings for her behind and came here to start over.”
    “Tyler you don’t have to explain anything to me we are just friends who had one really good night together and …“
    “Don’t finish that sentence Grace. I would like to think we are more than just friends, or two people who had mind blowing sex the other night. I