Page 64 of Broken
Chapter Thirty
Izzy
Knowing the guys went out to deal with Hades is making me a nervous wreck. With each passing minute, another scenario plays in my head where one of them gets hurt. I’ve been pacing my room thinking of all the things that could be going wrong. I decide to take a shower, hoping that it might calm my nerves down a bit.
When I come out of the bathroom Max is standing in the middle of my room. I walk over to him, and he rests his hands on my hips. “It’s over, babe. You don’t have to worry anymore. You’re safe.” The minute those words leave his lips I throw my arms around him. It feels like a weight has been lifted off of me. I press my lips against his.
When I pull away I notice how he isn’t as happy as I am. “What’s wrong?” I say, concerned at the way he’s acting.
“Nothing.” He smiles down at me. “I was just thinking about how if someone told me about this, about how I’d meet you and instantly feel the way I do, I would have told them they were crazy. You came into my life like a tornado, Izzy. Everything I thought I knew was gone and there was only you. Every brother who has an old lady will tell you that they knew the instant they saw her that she would be theirs. I used to think it was bullshit until I found you that first night.”
He pulls me closer to him. “When I thought I lost you my whole world fell to pieces in front of my eyes. The time I spent here when you were missing was hell. Everything reminded me of you because you consume every single thought I have. Tomorrow I want you to move into my place with me. I want to build a life with you by my side every day.” His hands release me and he lowers himself down to the ground. “I want you to marry me. I didn’t plan on doing this right now, so I don’t have a ring, but you can pick out—”
“Yes!” I interrupt him, not able to hold it in anymore.
He jumps up, pulling me into a kiss and filling me with every ounce of love he was telling me that he felt. “I love you, Izzy, and I swear that I will make you so fucking happy.”
I look up at him. “You already have.”
He kisses me again, and I feel like everything I have always wanted was given to me today.
Friends.
Family.
Love.
I started this life broken and lonely.
Today everyone here mended those broken pieces to make me whole.