Chapter 38

Lily POV

            “It took you long enough to remember me,” I say to Jared in disgust.  Being in his arms is tricking me.  I want to hold onto my anger, but I am slowly falling into the trap of loving him.  “I never forgot you, Lily.  So much has happened that I want to share with you, but what I want most of all is to have you in my arms,” he says to me.

            “I want a do over of the night when we met six months ago,” he continues.  “I should have grabbed a hold of you and never you let you go, Lily.  I’m doing that now.  I won’t take no for an answer and I sure as hell am not leaving here without you!” he says.

            Feeling a flit of butterflies in my stomach, this is the first time I have heard Jared talk with such confidence.  Sure, he w