Page 145 of From Drummer to Gamer

I had no idea how long it had passed when a strange sound slithered through the apartment. I frowned when it sounded once again, and it took me a while to recognize that sound as my doorbell.

No one ever rang my bell because everyone who visited me knew my code.

Who the fuck was it?

I swear if it was that fucker Mikey pulling some prank, I was going to punch his pretty face.

But the sight I opened the door to made everything in me freeze.

I blinked to see if it was real.

And very well, she was still there.

“Sierra?” I asked in a voice I didn’t recognize.

She looked dull with sunken eyes and pale cheeks, her hair wild, and her lips devoid of color.

Like she was so tired of the world.

A sight that made me ache, I wanted her to always be shining, not look like this sad version of herself. But there was fire in her wide hazel eyes that told me she was still somewhere in there.

She wore a small pair of shorts and the huge oversized T-shirt she usually wears when she goes to sleep. What the hell was she doing here in the middle of the night?

And before I could voice that question.

“I choose you,” she blurted. “I don’t choose my parents, I don’t choose my game, nor do I choose myself. I chooseyou, Matty Evans, because you’re the only man who wanted me for me without wanting anything back. And I’m sorry, I’m so fucking sorry for breaking up with you like that. I didn’t know what I was thinking. I thought I didn’t fit in your life, but the life I was thinking, was the life you showed the world, not the life you lived with me. Yourreallife. I think it’s the only place I would fit perfectly.”

What the fuck?

“I like the way I look in your eyes, Matty Evans, and I’ve never felt more beautiful. I love you with all that I am. I love you, the real you. The man standing in front of me, not the man staring at me from the posters on the wall. But then I love every version of you.”

I blinked, stunned.

Shewantedme.

Shelovedme.

A beat grew in my heart, the cages shattering like it was starting to feel alive again.

Because ofher.

Onlybecause of her.

I was so in fucking love with this woman that it hurt.

“I know it’s probably too late now. I don’t know if I still have a chance with you. But I don’t want anything else. I’m sorry for everything that I did. There is nothing I want. Please, just I hope…”

“Sierra.” A simpleI’m herewould have sufficed. Her little speech was too adorable to stop, but I can’t wait anymore. “Shut the fuck up,” I muttered, gathering her in my arms as I took those beautiful lips in mine.

And it felt like I was breathing again.

Her moan vibrated into my mouth as her fingers held my face tightly.

I slammed the door behind us and walked into the apartment with her still in my arms, never stopping the kiss.

Our tongues twisted and loved each other, our breaths laced as one as we stroked through every depth of our mouths. It was the longest and the deepest kiss I had ever had.

And it was the sweetest kiss I would ever have.