Before He Lied

Tessa Chapter 53

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I look at the rose petals on the floor and the candles, the petals are scattered everywhere and there's a pile on the bed. The candles light up the room perfectly, I look on the counter and see a bottle of champagne with two glasses. I look up at Hardin and see him staring at me, he's waiting for a response. I slowly close the door and walk towards him.

"You did this all for me?" I ask softly almost in disbelief.

"Yes...................do you like it?" He asks nervously.

I walk towards him and place my hands on his chest.

"You really did all of this for me?" I almost whisper.

"Of course I did."

I look around the room and see what he did, I never in a million years thought that Hardin would do this for me.

"I thought you weren't the champagne and roses kinda guy?" I tease.

He giggles before he smiles and looks down.

He looks back at me.

"I wasn't until I met you...................I wasn't a lot of things until I met you.....................you make me want to be good Tessa.......I wanna be better for you Tess."

As the kindest words he's ever said leave his mouth I can't help but fall for the brooding boy all over again.

He places his hands on my hips and pulls me close, I lean my face in and gently brush my nose over his. He smiles before he gently pulls away and reaches for his phone.

"I..........I heard this song on the radio the other day..................it reminded me of you." He says with a shy smile.

He presses play on the music and as soon as it starts playing I know what it is.

"I love this song." I say.

*In My Veins By: Andrew Belle*

He extends his hand.

"I still owe you a dance Miss. Young." He says.

"You're really gonna dance?"

"Yes."

He pulls me close and I place my hands on his shoulders while he places his on my waist, Hardin leads and we start swaying. I never thought that we would dance, especially in a room full of roses and candles. I never in my whole life thought that any man would ever do this for me, I never thought that I would be important enough to a person that they would do all this for me.

I look up at him and he leans in and rests his forehead on mine, I gently run my fingers through his hair and his eyes close. I join him and close my eyes, he pulls me as close as possible so that we are basically hugging. I rest my head on his shoulder and he buries his face in my neck and lightly plants kisses all over my neck.

*Oh you're in my vein and I can not get you out, oh you're all I taste at night inside of my mouth.*

I love him, I love him more than a person has ever loved anyone.

I look up at him.

"I love you Hardin, I love you so much. I love you more than anything."

"You're the only person I love Tess, you taught me how to love. You showed me that there's more to life than hatred, you showed me that I was possible to love................I never had someone to show me what love feels like..........I didn't know that someone would able to love me......................I didn't think that I was capable of being loved..................I didn't know that I was capable of loving another until you.....................Tessa you are truly the most important thing in my life and I will love you forever."