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“Actions have consequences, Heidi. You’re an adult now, right?”
I glare at him, too disgusted to argue anymore.
“He made a pledge, and he broke it.” Seth looks at Drew. “What was that pledge again, Drew?”
“I pledged I wouldn’t touch her,” Drew answers.
“That’s right!”
“But I never pledged not to fall in love with her.”
My breath hitches. “You’re in love with me?” I ask.
Drew raises his head, the answer written on his face. “Yeah, I am,” he says. “I’m in love with you, Heidi Newbury. I have been since the first time I saw you.”
The crowd swoons.
I fall to my knees by the pool. “You love me?” I ask him again.
He nods. “Yeah.”
Seth groans behind us, annoyed.
I ignore him. I cup Drew’s painted face and lean over the pool. I kiss him on the lips, not caring how much paint or dirt gets on me.
The crowd shouts even louder.
Drew breaks our kiss with the turn of his head. “You should go,” he says.
“Come with me.”
“No.” He shakes his head. “I have to finish this out.”
I sigh, disappointed. “Why?”
“Because I can take it,” he whispers, only for me. “They can humiliate me all he wants, but I won’t let them laugh at you.”
My heart swells. Drew Rose. My protector.
“I love you,” I say.
He smiles. “I’ll find you later,” he says. “Okay?”
“Okay.”
I caress his cheek with my thumb and give his handsome face one more quick kiss before climbing to my feet.
Seth glares at us, looking even more pissed off than before. I can sincerely say that I absolutely, positively, without a fucking doubt, don’t care.
“You’re being a real asshole about this, Seth,” I say.
He shrugs his wide shoulders. “Doesn’t mean I’m wrong,” he says.
I walk away, quickly turning my back to him to hide my tears. I swore to myself years ago that I’d never let him see me cry again.
Sure as shit not about to start now.
CHAPTER 44
