Novel & Cerita Summary Of If He Had Been With Me

I knew then this was all her doing. I lunged at her, ready to tear her apart, but before I could, Hanson struck me across the face, knocking me to the ground. I stared up at him, disbelief crashing over me. He still didn't believe me. We had grown up together, yet none of that mattered more than Julia's tears. I still remembered when she first came around. Hanson barely gave her the time of day. He stood firmly on my side. All his attention, all his care, was mine alone.

If I had chosen football. His voice trailed off as he looked at me. “I would have met my mate seven years ago.” The regret behind his words made my heart clench painfully. At that moment, he wasn't the feared Kessler Alpha, but a man mourning lost time. He spent all these years searching for me, and when fate put us close enough to meet, he couldn’t come to my pack because of his choice. But another thought followed immediately. If we had met back then… would we have survived it?

“In what way?” “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here. My mother, our father, and I wouldn’t have reconciled.” I met his gaze, searching for understanding. “I guess it was destiny that we met—that you were… stalking me. If I hadn’t taken that risk, working for a stranger I knew nothing about, I might never have found her. I’d still be out there believing I was completely alone in this world. No family. No relatives.” His jaw tightened, a muscle ticking beneath the skin.

‎ ‎He looked like he wouldn't survive. ‎ ‎My mind kept drifting to the word if. ‎ ‎I hated that word. ‎ ‎I didn't even want to think about it. ‎ ‎But somehow, they were right about one thing. ‎ ‎If I hadn't pushed him away, if I hadn't done something wrong, Ryo wouldn't have left the club. He would still be in his apartment. ‎ ‎Instead, he was tied to a chair by people who had no idea what they were doing. ‎ ‎This was on me.

“You missed everything.” “I know.” I looked at him again. “But you knew.” He nodded once. “I did.” The room felt colder. “I keep thinking about all those days.” “So do I.” “You could have been there.” “I could have.” “But you weren’t.” “No.” I looked at the report again. “I thought today changed everything.” “It did.” “Did it?” “Yes.” I shook my head. “I don’t know anymore.” He took one step toward me. “I wasn’t staying away because I didn’t care.”

"And while I was terribly hurt, and I was devastated that you'd left me without warning, I wouldn't change the fact that you were there to save those lives." He was quiet for a moment, and then he coughed. "What if you were there, too? What if I'd taken you with me to Slovenia? We might have saved even more." "Then there wouldn't have been anyone here to run the wing in your absence, Mira would have had a nervous breakdown, and we could have never come back to Harper Springs." I patted his hip. "Things worked out the way they were meant to, babe. Now turn over so I can finish your massage."

“Flight lands at eight. The cars will pick them up. They’ll be here around nine, maybe nine-thirty.” I hesitate. He rubs my arm slowly. “You have time.” I let out a shaky breath… and finally relax into him. His warmth. His steadiness. God… this man. “This is the life I should’ve had from the beginning,” I whisper without thinking. He goes still for a second. “What do you mean?” I swallow, staring ahead. “I mean… I don’t regret my girls. Never. They’re some of the best things that ever happened to me.” My voice softens. “But if I had met you sooner… if I had been with you back then…”

He mouthed, Thank you, and I returned the smile, but it felt like a fragile thread between us—so thin it might snap any moment. I wondered, sometimes, if things had been different. If mom hadn’t gotten sick, if I hadn’t dropped out of school, if I hadn’t stayed up late talking to random people online—would I still have met him? At another time, under another set of circumstances, would I have fallen this hard? Would the first moments of him entering my life still feel like magic? Or would I have walked past him, oblivious to the life-changing gravity he carried with him? I remembered our last conversation after I returned from Switzerland. I had heard from Jarred that Hade got engaged, that

Before that, he had carried me on his back across two blocks and vowed to stay by my side as long as we lived. I'd once believed we would be together forever. But Gianna gradually stole his tenderness and ground away his patience toward me. In the end, the very man who once fought with everything he had to protect me forgot the one thing he should never have forgotten about me. I closed my eyes, and the desperate video call from the future came to my mind again. There I was in the basement, hollow-eyed and in despair, begging myself to run. I often found myself wondering what would've happened to me if I hadn't left back then and just kept walking the path I was on.

These plans were the best. I can remember that day when we met by chance. Those days when I hated him for his behaviour. When everyone told me that he was my mate. I really thought that they were joking. Why would I accept someone this loose? That is what I had thought. But now I am glad I didn't give up on him and he didn't give up on me. I started gaining everything after getting together with him.