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“Wait, what? You have a family? You mean Banks?” Dominic’s expression was a combination of triumph and irritation. “You and he have been building a bridge? And he never told me? He let me dangle, even when I asked point-blank if he knew how I could find you.”
Arching one brow, Lara waited.
Dominic grimaced.
“Sorry, fine, you were saying what you want.”
He sounded so grumpy she almost smiled.
This was it. Everything she’d thought she wanted in life she’d wanted alone. She’d spent years keeping distance between her and others, terrified to open her heart to rejection.
But she couldn’t have it all unless she took the risk.
And with Dominic, she wanted it all.
“I want you,” she said, keeping it simple.
Then Lara held her breath.
She’d never been so scared.
She’d never cared about anything as much as she did Dominic’s response. She’d survive without him. She was strong enough to know that.
But, dammit, she didn’t want to.
Dominic’s smile settled every fear, though. The ones she’d admitted and the ones she’d been afraid to let surface.
“You got me,” he said, finally pulling her into his arms. “But you should know, I’ve had enough of you walking out. You take me and it’s for good.”
Lara wrapped her hands behind his neck, pulling his head down to brush a soft kiss over his lips.
“Deal,” she whispered.
“I love you,” he said, resting his forehead on hers and looking so deep into her eyes, Lara was sure the declaration was imprinted on her soul. “I love you, and it’s forever.”
She couldn’t stop the tears from falling this time. Not when they were happy tears.
Laughing through them, she kissed him again, sliding her tongue gently over his before pressing whisper-soft kisses against his lips.
She leaned back, both hands on his cheeks. She wet her lips, waiting for the fear. But there wasn’t any.
Because this was right.
“I love you, too,” she said with tremulous smile. “I really love you.”
Forever.
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