These are private. Madeline’s written emotions.
After he had made sure the boxes were so taped up that it would take a miracle to get them open, he labeled them with a marker as personal books. He didn’t want anyone else packing them, possibly looking at them. They were chronicles of her heartbreak, pain, thoughts and triumphs.
Mine. I love her. She f**king belongs to me. Always has and always will.
As he strode toward the door, he remember Simon’s breakdown in their offices when his little brother finally admitted that he loved Kara. Sam shook his head as he locked the door to Maddie’s house, finally knowing exactly how his brother had felt at that time. Sam had an irrational fixation with Maddie, a possessive obsession that would more than rival the one Simon had for Kara. He and Simon might be different, but deep down inside, they were much the same when it came to the one woman in their life who could turn them inside out and upside down.
“She makes me happy, crazy, possessive, insane, ecstatic, maniacal…every emotion all at the same time,” he said in a perplexed voice, getting into his Bugatti. “How the hell can that be?”
Strangely enough, it really didn’t bother him. It made him feel…alive.
Taking a quick glance at his watch as he pulled out of the driveway, his grin broadened. He had time to stop at the jewelers one more time, one more thing he needed to do before he went home.
Tonight, he planned on giving Maddie more love than she could handle…in more ways than one.
*****
“He hasn’t told you he loves you? That’s not exactly a shocker. It took Simon a while. I guess the Hudson men just seem to think we’re psychic,” Kara’s disgusted voice sounded from Maddie’s hands-free phone connection in her new SUV. “But you know he does.”
Maddie sighed as she made a smooth right turn, bringing her closer to home.
Home. Sam’s home. Our home. When my things are moved tomorrow, I’ll be permanently together with Sam.
“Are you kidding? The crazy man nearly jumped to his death to save me from getting bruised up and injured. I don’t doubt it. Not for a moment,” Maddie answered Kara emphatically, speaking louder than she probably needed to because she knew her friend was in another country right now.
“I’m so happy you agreed to marry him,” Kara said, her voice sincere. “He loves you, Maddie. I think he always has.”
“I know he does.” I just wish he’d say it. Just once. “How’s my future godchild?”
“He’s fine. Both of us are eating too much,” Kara answered, her laughter and Simon’s growl flowing through the speaker in the car. “Simon, I told you it’s a boy,” Kara’s voice was muffled, the last comment directed at her husband who was probably sitting right beside her. “When are you moving in with Sam?” Kara questioned, her attention back on Maddie.
“I basically already have, but it’s official tomorrow. My stuff is being packed and brought by movers.”
Kara whistled through the phone line. “He’s not wasting any time, is he?”
Maddie rolled her eyes. Sam had called the movers the day after they had tumbled down the stairs, arranging everything in just a phone call. “Nope. But I wasn’t exactly protesting,” she admitted. She didn’t want to be away from Sam anymore. They had been separated long enough.
“I still can’t believe Max is your brother. Although now that I know, you two both have the same unusual eyes and I can see the resemblance,” Kara mused.
“I still can’t believe it myself, but I’m happy. I just wish he wasn’t so sad. He must have loved his wife very much,” Maddie answered.
“I think he must have, but I really don’t know. She died before Simon and I got together,” Kara answered thoughtfully.
Trying to lighten the conversation, Maddie asked, “So when are you coming home?”
“Next Thursday. And I still have the weekend off, so we can shop since you aren’t allowed to work weekends at the clinic anymore,” Kara replied with laughter in her voice.
Maddie smiled. Sam wanted her home on the weekends, and she had agreed. They would both be busy Monday thru Friday. Just being at the clinic every single weekday was enough to make her ecstatically happy. There would be a doctor available on Saturdays to see patients who couldn’t make it to the clinic during the week, but it wouldn’t be her. However, she could review the weekend records and they would all be her patients.
She had just finished her last shift at the hospital. Starting Monday, she would finally be back in her clinic.
“Like I really need to shop?” Maddie asked Kara in a disgruntled voice. “There isn’t a damn thing Sam hasn’t bought me, including this brand new SUV. He needs to stop.”
“Um…hate to remind you of this…but aren’t you the one who gave me a lecture about the fact that I needed to deal with the fact that I was marrying one of the richest men in the world? I think you even said that I should let him spend his money on me because it makes him feel like he’s protecting me,” Kara reminded Maddie mischievously.
“Dammit. Yeah. I did say that,” Maddie mumbled. She had given Kara that lecture, but it felt so much different when it was Sam giving her things.
“I hope we’re back before you guys need the jet for your honeymoon. At the rate Sam is moving, you might be married by morning,” Kara joked.
“He’d just get another one,” Maddie said, bursting into laughter. “He’s pretty damn capable of getting anything he wants.”
“I take it you wouldn’t protest,” Kara said with a chuckle.
Turning onto the street where Sam’s house was located, she answered, “No. Honestly, I don’t think I would.” It was the honest truth. She wanted Sam just that much. She’d marry him in a heartbeat.
“Just don’t get married without us,” Kara warned. “We want to be there.”
“I think we can wait,” Maddie answered with a smile.
“You better. And we will be shopping for dresses next weekend.”
“Okay, okay. We’ll go shopping,” Maddie told her friend happily as she turned into Sam’s long driveway. “Have fun and take care of my godchild.”
“It’s been lovely,” Kara said with a sigh. “But I miss being home and I miss you.”
“I miss you, too,” Maddie replied softly.
“See ya Thursday.”