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“You’re way more important,” I say, cutting her off. “I made the right choice, Lou. I don’t regret anything, and I’ll never leave your side.”
Her shoulder drops, her eyes getting glassy. “What if they send you back to the Bears?”
“Then I’ll be closer to you.”
“Ciaran.”
“Lou,” I say back, squeezing her hand. “I found myself in you, and it scared the living shit out of me, but all this made me realize that it scares me more to live a second without you.”
I move to the side of the bed, sitting close so our bodies touch. I bend over her, trapping her head with my hands against the mattress. As she looks up at me, I can see all the beautiful emotions in her eyes. Love, acceptance, bliss… Joy. Our love.
My heart.
Overwhelmed by emotion, I lean my head to hers, our noses touching while we stare into each other’s eyes. My voice is rough as I say, “I thought you left me.”
She gives me a dark look. “I would never.”
“I know that, but still, it scared me. Then I got the call that you’d been in an accident, and all I could think was I knew you were too good to be true.”
“I’m here. I’m yours…just a little broken.”
“So, I’ll hold you together until you feel whole.”
Her eyes sparkle with unshed tears. “When I’m with you, I’m whole.”
“Exactly,” I agree, catching her tears that fall. “That bastard owned you like a possession. Now, you’ll be my equal because you love me enough to choose to be mine forever. If you want my forever.”
Louisa’s breath catches, her tears falling quicker down her round cheeks. “I do. I truly do.”
I blink, overwhelmed by her admission. Chills run down my spine, my gut curls with heat, and I’m stunned to silence.
She cups my cheek with her good arm, running her thumb along my jaw. “I don’t like accidents, especially the kinds that involve trucks running into me.”
“Yeah. Zero stars,” I say with a chuckle.
“Do not recommend,” she agrees, her eyes still burning into mine. “But I love that we accidentally got each other the same muffin, and that was the moment I chose to love you for the rest of my existence.”
My heart jumps into my throat, and I cover her hand with my own. “I would miss every game for you.”
She beams at me. “I wouldn’t let you.”
Unable to resist, I kiss her. I capture her sweet lips with mine, heat burning throughout me and my heart pounding so fucking hard, it hurts. But I welcome it.
It means this is real.
We’re real.
She runs her tongue along my lips, and I groan against her mouth. She takes advantage of my parted lips and swirls her tongue with mine. She tastes like the applesauce she ate earlier, and the tears that spring to my eyes are from not being able to taste her lips in four days. I needed this. I needed her.
The reassurance.
I move back, and she whines in protest, trying to pull me to her, but I resist this time. “I think that since I can’t do anything, you should at least let me kiss you whenever I want.”
“No complaint from me when I’m not trying to profess my love to you.”
I swear she has hearts in her eyes, the lopsided grin that covers her lips just for me. “I know you love me, Ciaran.”
“Sure, but did you know that I want to spend my days reassuring you that I’ll never love anyone else but you and chasing away every bad thought that plagues you?”
