Judged By You (Judge Me Series) (37 page)

“You
’re so Beautiful Savannah.” Damon whispered before kissing me tenderly.

I was in love with this man. Truly, madly, deeply in love…………

Chapter 16

“You know I love to hate you, and hate to love you right Sweet cheeks.”

“You know what? I feel the same way Cameron
.”

He strokes my cheek with his fingers, staring into my eyes.

“Everything will be okay with Stephen, you know that right?” He says with a soft smile.

“I have to believe that everything will be alright, or I will fall apart
.” I say grabbing his palm and kissing it.

“I should have been there for you Savannah.
But I wasn’t. I failed.”

“You did………..”

“Savannah, wake up beautiful
.” Someone shakes me.

That voice, I know that voice……… it's
Damon…….

I open my eyes to see his beautiful smile.
His smile fades slightly, it turns into more like a face of concern, uncertainty.

“Everything al
right.” He frowns when he sleeps.

“Yeah,
I just…. I had this weird dream”. I shake my head of those thoughts.

I smile up at Damon, and grab his head bringing if down to mine. I lick my lips before kissing him deeply. He pulls back sh
ortly after it started, tucking my hair behind my ears.

“I want you to come to my place tonight, for dinner
,” Damon says in a soft tone. “My family to coming to town and I would like you to meet them.”

Meeting the parents do I want to meet his family? The thought of him never meeting my parents hits me. I would do anything to have them meet this man that I love…..

“Of course. I would love to.” I kiss him quickly.

“Good. I have to go into work for a while today, but will be back around five
.”

“I can meet you at your place if you like? I have to take the Dodge for a drive
.” My poor baby has been neglected of late, so it’s a perfect opportunity.

“If you
’re sure. I will see you at the apartment later,” He kisses me again but lingers longer than before. I try to encourage the kiss, but he pulls away smiling. “I seriously have to go, as much as I want to stay here with all day, I can't.”

I nod at his response.

Damon picks up his suit case and walks to the door, he pauses before turning around. He looks at me and opens his mouth like he wants to say something, but he doesn’t. He smiles and walks out.

I throw my arm over my face and
cuss out loud. “Shit, shit, shit.”

I cannot believe I was dreaming about that…..
About him. What the hell kind of trick was my mind playing on me. My dreams are often filled with Damon, or my parents, not with the bad memories of Cameron……… I need coffee…….

I throw the blanket off and sit up on the side of the bed, stretching in the process. Last
nights incredible sexual escapades came to mind instantly. After we made love on the floor, than we moved to the shower then back to bed. It was well after four in the morning before we finally got to sleep. Everything about last night was so tender and slow. So many times I could have let the words “I love you,” slip, but for some reason they wouldn’t come out when they needed too.

Something felt different between us after
last night, almost like everything was deeper, and things were somehow more meaningful. So why couldn’t I say those words to him? Why couldn’t I tell him how I felt?

“You awake Sav
.” Nicole called.

“Yeah come in
.” I call back.

The door opens
, and Nicole walks in with two cups in hand. She read my mind. I take a cup from her as she sits on the bed next to me, crossing her legs. I sip my coffee, taking in the taste of heaven. Well, Damon is heaven. But this is close to it.

“I don’t know if I should make your breakfast or lunch
.” Nicole suddenly says puzzling me.

I throw her a confused look, and she points to the clock. It's just before midday. I suppose I did have a late night, or early morning
, whichever way you want to look at.

“Busy night
.” Nicole mumbles before taking another sip of her coffee.

I laugh and nod in response.
She pushes my shoulder, and I start to fall off the bed. We both laugh like idiots. The playful Nicole is a relaxed Nicole.

“I need to get out of bed and find something to wear tonight
.” I put my coffee down on the best side table and stand.

“No
, need.” Nicole states, looking towards the chair in the corner of the room.

I follow her eyes.
There on the chair is a dress bag over the backrest. On the chair is a shoe box with a giant white bear holding a single red rose on top. I looked to Nicole who was smiling smugly.

I walked over and picked up the bear, I could smell the
fragrance from the rose when I brought it near. A small card fell on the floor, I bent to pick it up while I placed the bear on the back on top of the box. I opened the card;

All the love that history knows

Is said to be in every rose

Yet all the love that could be

Found in two, is less than

What I feel for you…….

Damon Xoxo

My heart rate accelerated, I found the edge of the bed and sat quickly.
Those words were so beautiful and meaningful, “I love you,” I whispered.

Nicole sat beside me and rubbed my shoulders. “He loves you too Savannah
.” She said in response.

“I feel it, and I want to say it, but it won't come out Nicole. I mean last night, I could have said it a million times
, but I couldn’t say how I feel. And I know I love him.” I looked from the card to her.

“I know you do, maybe it wasn’t the right time then.
But I have to ask you something, and I don’t want you to freak out on me okay…” Nicole looked at me nervously. “Do you think it might have something to do with Cameron coming back?”

That was the question I dreaded. Did it have something to do with him walking back into the picture after four years?
My feelings for Cameron were pushed into a deep dark place, somewhere secure were I didn’t risk them resurfacing again and now….. I don’t know if they are as secure as I wanted them to be. But that didn’t stop the way I felt about Damon, I could never feel about Cameron the way I feel about Damon.

“I don’t know
.” I shake my head when I respond. Because right now, I am confused.

“Don’t let him walk back in here and do this to you Savannah.
He left you when you needed him, Damon wouldn’t do that to you. Cameron is here to cause havoc and get under your skin. And you are letting him,” Nicole grabbed my hand in hers. “You have to forgive him, forgive him so you can forget. It’s what will save you from falling.”

Deep down I knew Nicole was right. I needed to forgive Cameron and move on.
The past was that. He hurt me, and I blamed him for things that maybe weren’t all his fault. But still He hurt me. I took a deep breath and nodded.

“Yes, I need to forgive him and move on
.” There. I said those words.

“Good girl. No
w, go have a look at your dress.” Nicole giggled with excitement.

I got up off the bed and picked up the large dress bag. I walked it over to behind my door and hung it on the hook so I could open it.
Slowly I worked the zipper down before pushing the bag to the side to get a better look at the dress.

“Oh
, my god.”

It was the purple dress I had been eying off at the mall yesterday. Nicole jumped up and down giggling.

“Did you do this?” I asked, shocked.

“Damon told he wanted to know if you had any elegant evening gowns, I told him you didn’t and were eying one off at the mall. I didn’t tell him which one though. He did ask, but I just said it suited your eyes, and he would know which one it was when he saw it. Obviously he knows you pretty well
,” Nicole came over and felt the fabric. “I am so borrowing this dress when I'm not fat.”

I laughed at her.
She had a perfectly rounded belly now, and it was way cute. I rubbed her baby bump and smiled. I went to pull my hand away, but she held it tight against her stomach. My eyes meet hers.

“Wait
.” She said dazed.

I waited. Suddenly I felt this weird movement under my hand, than another.

“Did you feel that?” Nicole asked with a smile that met her eyes.

“Oh
, my god. That’s so weird but so unbelievable.” I gushed back.

“You think i
t feels weird on the outside, wait until your pregnant.” Nicole laughed.

The little movements went on for
ages, we stood there laughing and smiling. Nicole said she had been feeling them full on for a while. I remembered when she first felt the fluttering, which was a day after her ultrasound, she described it as a feeling that makes you nervous. Like butterflies somewhat. The movements finally stopped, and I pulled my hand away.

“Okay, enough of this. We need to get you ready for tonight
.” Nicole stated with determination in her voice. It was makeover time.

I showered, washed my hair and shaved all the necessary bits. Nicole decided that curls were the best option for my hair, so she dried my hair with the dryer before curling it into springing curls. My makeup turned out to be a smoky look. The grey and silver eyes shadow with the dark eyeliner and mascara looked sensational. Nicole certainly knew what she was doing here.

“You should open up a beauty salon Nic
.” I spoke, trying not to move my head as she applied a little blush.

“Maybe I will one day.
My job from now on is going to be mother goose.” She stated straight faced.

I couldn’t help it, I burst out laughing. She loosened up and joined in.
She was going to be a fantastic mother, and I couldn’t wait to meet her beautiful babies.

I was more than happy with my hair and makeup. It's was smoking hot if I must say such things. When I put my sexy lingerie on, I knew Damon would go crazy. I put on a black lace strapless bra, with matching lace thong. Nicole came back into the room once I was in my underwear to help me into my dress, she has seen it all before, but it still made me blush when she looked at my attire and smiled.

“Don’t get all plushy on me. You are going to see more of me than I would like when you are holding my hand to get these babies out.” She snapped playfully.

I loosened up.
She was totally right.

Nicole turned me to hold onto the dresser as she tied up the Bodice back.
It was tight, but not too tight. I looked down at my cleavage as Nicole tugged on the back; my breasts filled the front of the dress well.

“There all done.
Now for your shoes.” She went to the chair and picked up the shoe box, opening the lid on the way over.

She held out a silver high heel that had similar diamantes to my dress.
They were stunningly gorgeous. Nicole bent down and put the shoe on the ground. So all I had to do was slid my foot into it.

“This looks like a scene from Cinderella
.”

Both
Nicole and I looked towards the door, Cameron stands there with his arms crossed over his chest. He was wearing rough jeans that hung low, with a tight black t-shirt. His hair was rough, and he had day old facial hair…….. He looked good.

“Do
you mind?” He said to Nicole walking in the room pointing to the shoe that was left in the box.

Nicole looked up at me for an answer. Thoughts about the words Nicole had said came back to me at that moment. I needed to forgive him….
For me, if not for anything else. I nodded. Nicole handed the shoe to Cameron making sure she stung him with the heel first.

“Feisty
.” He said with a smile when she did so.

“Keep your hands to yourself, and do not hurt her
.” Nicole bit out to him.

Nicole left the room, but not before looking back at me, I smiled and mouthed “thank you” to her before she walked downstairs.

Cameron bent down and lifted my bare foot, I started to fall sideway. Cameron reached up with one hand grabbing me by the hip to steady me, at the same time I placed my hand on his shoulder to stabilize myself. I quickly slipped my foot into the shoe so I could let go. Cameron lingered at my heel before standing. I dropped my hand immediately.

“You look stunning Sweet Cheeks
.”

“Stop calling me that
.” I said shaking my head.