Miles Apart (The Not So Bad Boys of Rock Book 2) by Rhonda James Page B

to be self-reliant? If they were
successful that only means you’re doing a great job. Besides, Max was there to
work out the kinks. Honey, I’m sure they still need you.” He reassured.
    “I
supposed you’re right,” I sighed deeply. “I guess I should look on the bright
side, this means that I can come see you more often.”
    “Oh,
I like the sound of that. What do you have in mind?” His voice lowered an
octave, sending a shiver throughout my body.
    “I
was thinking maybe we could go skydiving together, you know, you can teach me
how it all works and I could be fitted into one of those harness thingies that
attaches me to you.” I grinned widely, pleased with myself for coming up with
such an amazing idea, not for one minute considering how deathly afraid I was
of heights.
    “Are
you serious? You would do that? That would totally rock. Let’s see, we’ll be in
Switzerland next week, think you can get away that soon? The views there are
breathtaking. We could set up a tandem jump over the Alps.”
    “Wow,
that soon. Okay, I think I can get away, it would probably only be for a two-day
visit though. When are you in London? I want to be able to show you my
restaurant, and my apartment.” I found myself fantasizing about all of the
places I wanted to take him. Even though he’d been here before, and had
probably seen all of the sights, I wanted him to share them again, with me.
    “We’ll
fly in early next month. I’ll only be there a few days though.” He groaned.
    “Don’t
worry, we’ll figure it all out. I’m just glad that we are able to make time for
one another. I love you baby.
    “Love
you too, sunshine.”
    “Sunshine?
Where’d that come from?” I questioned.
    “Well,
I’ve been thinking, been doing way too much of that lately I guess. Anyhow, my
world was darkness for almost a year before I met you. Then, you came into my
life and brought the light back to me. When you left, it all went dark again. I
can’t live like that, not after knowing how good the light can be. You give me
reason to go on each day. You give me hope. You are my sunshine.”
    My
heart swelled, and my favorite butterfly friends picked that moment to drop by
and say hello, creating a nervous stomach and a tingling sensation in my lower region.
I’d never had anyone profess something so poetic. “That’s beautiful, but I’m
not sure I can take all the credit for that. You worked really hard to pull
yourself out of that abyss, you said so yourself.” I argued, feeling unworthy.
    “Brooke,
stop, it’s you. It’s always been you. You’re my whole reason for being.”
    “I
don’t know if I’m worthy of that title, Sebastian. You make me out to be some
kind of saint. I’m human and I’ve made a lot of mistakes, ones that have hurt
you. How does that fit into your reason for being?” I questioned, not wanting
to argue, but trying to grasp a love such as this. I had never known anything
like it.
    “Well,
you and I both know that you’re definitely not a saint,” he snickered. “I don’t
care about the other stuff, what happened is in the past, we need to keep
moving forward. You represent everything good in my life. You bring out the
best in me, my family loves you, Gibson most assuredly misses you, and the
little things seem to mean so much more whenever you’re around.” He paused a
moment, as if collecting his thoughts. “Remember all the little gifts we used
to send each other? How excited we were to open them, never knowing what we
would find. Being with you makes me feel that way everyday, each day is another
gift I can’t wait to open.”
    By
now I can’t stop the tears, they’re falling in a puddle on my shirt. I wasn’t
sure what I had ever done to deserve a love of this magnitude, or a man this
wonderful, but if I needed to I would spend the rest of my life on my knees in
gratitude for a blessing such as this.
    “Wow,”
I whispered, “you really know how to make a girl speechless. I