Page 17 of Resisting Your Love

I tossed and turned a lot last night, and I guessed it was because I didn't have Amryn sleeping beside me.

She slept in her bedroom last night. It took everything not to drag her out of that bed.

I guessed she needed some space from me since our argument.

I still felt down about it. She kept the fact that she saw her ex from me, which made me feel some kind of way. What else was she keeping from me?

When I got up this morning, Amryn wasn't home.

As much as I wanted to reach out to her to see where she was, I didn't. If she wanted me to know, she would have told me.

We had our first fight, and I had no way of making it up to her.

Hell, I didn't know how to. Thoughts pondered my mind, leaving me disoriented.

I had two clients today and was ready to get it over with.

As the day went by, I picked up the phone so many times to call Amryn, but I didn't go through with it. It was bad enough that she hadn't tried reaching out to me either. What did she do today? Was she thinking of me as I was her? Questions I didn't know wouldn't leave me alone.

"Damn it," I muttered, cleaning my workstation. I was missing the hell out of my girl.

The door of the shop opened, and River breezed in. It had been a minute since he stopped by here. I wondered why the hell he stopped by today.

"What the hell are you doing here? This is a surprise."

He came toward me, we dapped up, and then bro hugged.

He took a seat in one of the chairs. "I just left from having dinner with your aggravating ass cousin. We saw your girl, and she didn't look too happy. We tried talking to her, but she said not now. What the hell did you do to her?" He scowled at me.

I threw my hands up, not knowing what to say. It was the fact that he blamed me for her being sad. I gave him a rundown of what had occurred the night before.

"Damn. I can see why both of you feel some type of way. I'm not getting in that. Are you going to make up with her?"

I scratched the back of my head. "I don't know how to," I muttered, looking down at the floor.

That was embarrassing as hell to say, but how would I look trying to make something up to someone and don't know what the hell I was doing?

He laughed loudly. "Man, ain't no way you're telling the truth. Are you for real?"

"I'm dead ass serious right now. I never had to make up with anybody besides my mother. This is different to do." That was the truth, too.

"Even I know how to make up to a woman I hurt. Go buy her something. Hell, when your cousin and I get into it all the time, I buy her something. It's a win-win." He shrugged as if that was no big deal.

I frowned. "You and my cousins are only friends to each other that get on each other's nerves. This is different."

"Well, figure it out on your own. I was trying to help you out, but I only buy her stuff. The other women that piss me off.. damn them."

I merely laughed. "Man, you are no help. I'll figure something out."

He nodded and stood up. "That's all you can do. I hope it works out for you."

We dapped up again, and he left out of the shop. I stayed behind to make sure I locked up the place. I also was going to take his advice and talk to Amryn. I missed the hell out of my wife, and this distance was killing me.

When I pulled into the driveway, all the lights were off in the front.

Amryn's car was parked in its usual spot, so that was a good thing.

She hadn't left me after all. That gave me a sense of peace.

I got out of the car, grabbing the items I got for her as well.

Once I locked my car door, I headed toward the house.

After I entered the house, I went straight upstairs and to the bedroom she was sleeping in. That light was on, causing me to knock softly on the door. I wondered if she was going to let me in. How did I let myself get into this situation?

"Come in," her soft voice called out.

I wasted no time opening the door. There Amryn was, sitting on the bed, doing her nails. I smiled, loving that one of my gifts was going to make her smile, or so I hoped. She had her bedroom set up as if she were at a nail salon. The aroma in the room was strong as hell, too.

She turned her head and glowered at me. "What do you want?"

I held up the bags in my hand. "I got you a little something for my behavior last night."

She snorted and went back to doing her nails. "Nothing can fix what you did, Levi. You were cussing at me so badly."

I couldn't say anything because I was doing that. I was just that mad, and when I was like that, I didn't give a damn how I came off. Maybe I shouldn't have come off that harsh to her, but at the same time, there was no stopping me. The only thing I could do was make up for my actions.

I sat the things on the bed, not going to go into another argument with her. If she wanted to accept the gift, she could. If she didn't, I was fine with that, too. Who was I kidding? I wouldn't be fine with it since I was being thoughtful.

I turned and headed out of the bedroom, but before I left out of the room, I heard her digging through the bags. She gasped when she pulled something out.

"You got me a nail kit with fingernail polish?"

I glanced over at her and smiled. "I did. The people in the store were eyeing me funny." That had rubbed me the wrong way and had me wanting to ask them what the hell they were looking at, but I refrained from doing so.

She chuckled, causing another smile to break on my face.

"Can I join you?" I asked, not knowing if I was forgiven or not.

Amryn glanced at me and gave a short nod.

Without wasting any time, I went toward the bed again and got in with her.

I leaned forward and kissed her cheek. Damn, I missed her ass like crazy, but I was happy we were able to make up.

I was going to try my hardest not to let anything like that happen again.

While she did her nails and toes, we chilled and talked the night away.

Moments like this I cherished. Amryn was the only woman I ever had the pleasure of doing this with.

I wanted her to be the only one I ever did things with.

She was my everything, and I couldn't wait to shout it first to her and then to the world.