Let Me Love You Again
Chapter 72

Maya

I opened the door to Nate’s apartment, and I almost fall into boxes. I stood up and looked around, noticing the stack of boxes everywhere in the lobby, randomly placed. Couldn’t he put them right? But how much stuff did he have? It wouldn’t have entered my apartment at all.

I sighed and tried to pass the boxes before going into the kitchen with the bags.

I had an hour before Nate came home, and, as he told me himself, he would come straight here with Axel because that day he had decided to take him to the office with him because my child had been the devil when Nate had tried to leave him at my parents’ house. So he was forced to take him to work.

With Axel’s excuse, I was able to talk to him more today, asking him if he would come home for dinner and he told me that he preferred to fix his apartment first and that they would most likely eat something here.

He was a fool if he thought I was going to stay home and wait for him to come back. No, tonight we’ll talk and clear everything. I couldn’t take it anymore, I was tired and I wanted to have him around. I couldn’t go on with this anymore.

I went into the kitchen hoping he hadn’t already taken it all off and, unfortunately, it was all empty.

f**k.

I put the envelopes on the table and took off my jacket and shoes, before going to the entrance to find the kitchen box, hoping that at least he had put the names on the boxes but again, that wasn’t my lucky day.

I was trying to open the boxes for ten minutes when the front door opened and I heard Axel’s little voice, cheerful and melodious.

I was completely hidden in boxes, and I just showed up with my head in time to see Nate close the door. Axel noticed me and immediately lit up.

“Mama!” he shouted cheerfully, trying to get out of the stroller.

Nate looked at me and frowned, “What are you doing here?” he asked, pushing the stroller through the skein of boxes.

“Surprise?” I said confused.

Nate raised an eyebrow “The surprise would be the attempt to unpack all the boxes I had carefully closed?” he said pointing at all the boxes and objects I had opened and scattered everywhere.

“Why don’t you put a f*****g name on each box? How do you plan to fix them later? With X-ray vision?”

“Because I know exactly which box belongs to which place,” he said, taking Axel out of the stroller and putting him on the ground.

Axel pulled himself up and walked towards me, trying not to fall, and I couldn’t help but glue my eyes to him, feeling proud to see him walk. He extended his arms towards me and threw himself on my body before giving me a k**s on the mouth.

I picked him up and I started cuddling him while Nate was saving his stroller and taking off his jacket.

“What exactly are you looking for?” he asked, moving a few boxes.

“The kitchen box, I wanted to cook something,” I said without taking my eyes off Axel, laughing cheerfully.

Bright blue eyes and open mouth. His hair was ruffled the way Nate liked it.

I sat cross-legged on the floor as I continued to play with him and cuddle him.

“I don’t think that’s an option,” Nate interrupted.

I looked up at him and frowned at nothing.

“The kitchen. I don’t remember where I put them and I don’t think it’s convenient to open all the boxes to look for things,” he said, scratching his head.

“What about the I know exactly which box belongs to which place?” I asked frowning.

Nate waved his hand and grabbed another box.

“So what do we eat?” I asked as he began to put things in the living room box.

“I don’t know”

“What have you eaten all these days?”

“To tell you the truth, most of the time I was so focused that I forgot”

I frowned at him, “Did you forget to eat?” he nodded and continued to do what he was doing, “Holy s**t Nate! I can’t leave you for just a moment!” I snapped and grabbed my phone and called the pizzeria.

Without adding anything I ordered two pizzas and then hung up, noticing that Nate was staring at me while he kept filling the box.

“Don’t look at me so, Dare”

“I’m just trying to decipher your mood,” he said shrugging.

“If you apologize, it might get better,” I put Axel on his feet and held him down while he tried to grab a box.

“Sorry for what?”

“For lying to me,” he replied.

“I already apologized,” he said.

“You were not sincere”

“And I wouldn’t be this time either,” he replied and sighed and gave it all up. He sat on the floor next to me as I took Axel and sat him in my lap, “I can’t feel sorry for something I would do again a million times without thinking about it,” he admitted.

“Why?”

Axel pulled himself up and walked towards me, trying not to fall, and I couldn’t help but glue my eyes to him, feeling proud to see him walk. He extended his arms towards me and threw himself on my body before giving me a k**s on the mouth.

“Because I love you and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you”

“You should have told me.”

“Would it have changed anything?”

“No, but I wanted to know. We swore to be honest with each other Nate.”

“I also swore to protect you and protect our family. There’s nothing to stop me from doing that,” he said and stroked my cheek.

I leaned against his touch and closed my eyes, letting my body finally calm down after days.

“Promise me you won’t lie to me again, Nate. If anything comes up about Brad, I want you to tell me about it immediately,” I said, opening my eyes and meeting his blues.

“Promise me you won’t see him. No matter what,” he countered.

I froze, “I want to hear what he has to say,” I said in response.

“Please,” he replied, passing his thumb over my l*p.

“Don’t you trust me?” you whispered.

“I trust you more than anyone. But, Maya, we both know how much he hurt you, and I don’t want him to even get a chance to do that. You know him, what would he do if you refused his demands?”

“The beast” I answered with a sigh.

“And that would mean that he would hurt you and I don’t want it. I know that you don’t feel anything anymore, but I also know that you’re a good, sensitive person and that if he played his cards right, you would give him another chance to get to know Axel, and he would hurt you again and hurt him.” moved his eyes to Axel, who was almost falling asleep in my arms, “It’s not about you and me, it’s about Axel. We just need to think about what’s best for him.”

“You’re right,” I said, “I’ll do as you say, just tell me you love me.”

“I love you,” he leaned over and gave me a gentle k**s on the lips.

“And I am your life,” I said with my eyes closed.

I heard him laughing “You are my life”

“That I’m sexy as hell”

“You’re the sexiest woman I’ve ever met,” he repeated and kissed me again this time deeper and I answered with the same intensity.

We stayed that way. With Axel in our midst and our hearts together again.