Page 35 of Vegas Duology

"What are you doing?"I hissed.

"Oh my God," I heard Nicole say beside me.

He ignored both of us and launched into what was clearly a rehearsed speech."Lex, I've been a fool."

"What else is new?"Nicole said.

Andrew ignored her and continued."I miss you, Lexi.For the last few months, I've done nothing but work and come home, wishing you were there.I miss your voice, your beautiful face, your...I miss everything.I want to work things out.What we have is special.Love like ours doesn't come along every day.We can't just end it over a disagreement."

My mind whirled.Was this really happening?

"We're good together," Andrew was saying."Everything about us works.We work.We fit together.The last few months have been awful.I've missed you so much.Coming home every night to an empty apartment, without you there—it's wrong, Lexi.I love you."

My mind replayed his words in slow motion and then again, faster.I fixed on one word.A disagreement?Did he say that?

"Can we work it out?Please, Lexi, I'm down on my knees begging you."

"A disagreement?"I said."Is that what it was to you?"

The long talks and debates, the heartbreak and tears over his refusal to have children were much more than a disagreement.It wasn't like we were fighting about leaving dirty socks on the bathroom floor.That was a disagreement.This—this was a deal-breaker.One I agonized over for months, spent hours—days—in bed, crying about.Ending my marriage because I wanted children wasn't a decision I took lightly.It was far more than a disagreement.

Andrew sensed my anger and squeezed my hand tighter."That's the thing," he said."That's all I've thought about since we split.And I'm not willing to lose you over this.I'm hoping we can put it behind us and one day think back on it as a little disagreement instead of what it's become."

My sleep-deprived brain was having trouble keeping up with what he was saying.

"I can't think about this now," I said and jerked my hand away.I still had Leo's touch on my skin, his kiss on my lips; I could not even begin to think about what Andrew wanted.

What did he want?To get back together?Now?

Andrew stood, but I no longer cared if he was embarrassing me.My mind was spinning and I had the strangest sensation that the floor was tilting under my feet.

"Lexi, please."

"Andrew," I said, focusing on his face to keep steady, "what exactly are you saying?"

He took my hands in his again and although I wasn't sure I wanted him to hold me, it did help with my dizziness."Lexi, I love you."He paused to let the words sink in."And I know you still love me too."

It was true; even through my anger and hurt, I hadn't stopped loving Andrew.

"I know having a child is important to you," he said.

I opened my mouth to speak, but he put his finger up to stop me.

God, I hated it when he did that.Leo wouldn't have done that.

The thought of Leo at that moment caught me off guard and again, my mind started spinning with too many things.I was so focused on trying to control my whirling thoughts that I almost missed it when Andrew said, "And if it's that important to you, then it should be that important to me too."

"What?"

Andrew dropped to his knee again."Alexis Titan, will you do me the honor of continuing to be my wife and starting a family with me?"

I couldn't breathe.I was vaguely aware of people in the airport who'd stopped what they were doing to watch us.I heard Nicole let out a squeak from somewhere behind me.I closed my eyes and Leo's face materialized.I could almost feel the gentle way he'd touched my cheek.

It was just a fling.Relationships don't happen in Vegas.Nicole's voice repeated in my head.

Maybe it was.Maybe she was right.

Andrew was right in front of me, offering me what I'd always wanted.And I loved Andrew.