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He silences me when his lips come down on mine, and I melt against him, reveling in the feel of his kiss. Tears spring from my eyes as I kiss him harder, clinging to him like I can’t let go.
I’m breathless and dizzy when he finally breaks the kiss, but I manage to blink the tears away and speak.
“How’d you find me?”
“You said if you could be anywhere, you’d be in Greece with me. I hoped that meant you came to wait,” he says softly, thumbing my chin.
“But your job—”
“I left it,” he says, studying my eyes.
“And your life—”
“Is wherever you are. Guess you shouldn’t have been so perfect if you didn’t want me to love you this much.”
I blow out a frustrated breath over that word. Perfect. He knows the truth is so far from that now.
“I didn’t want you to sacrifice everything for—”
He kisses me again, most likely to shut me up, but I don’t care. Any reason for his lips to be on mine is a perfect reason.
Finally, he breaks the kiss.
“I signed up to ensure justice,” he says, brushing his lips over mine. “I didn’t sign up to play politics. I’d rather be in Greece with you than sitting in someone’s pocket back home. And before you get the clever idea to leave me behind because you think you’re ruining anything for me, you should know I can’t ever go back.”
My brow furrows. “Why?”
“Because I made sure there was no way to leave you with any doubt.”
My eyes search his, and it finally dawns on me. “It was you who shot Christopher,” I whisper in shock.
“That was my message to you,” he goes on. “Didn’t realize it’d take them so long to find the body.”
I shiver in his arms, realizing how fucked up this token of love would be to the rest of the world. But to me, roses and poems can’t compare.
“So you’re here to stay?” I ask, still reeling.
“You can’t ever leave me again. I’m assuming there aren’t any other secrets?”
“No other debts to collect,” I assure him.
He stares at my lips like they’re fascinating, still cupping my chin as he starts backing me toward my room. I guess he’s been getting familiar with the home.
“Where’s my cat?” I ask, which sounds stupid.
“I was surprised you had a pet,” he says, amused as he dodges my question.
“Did he run out?”
“No,” he says, smiling broader. “He’s probably purring away with—”
“Oh, good. You’re here.” Hadley’s voice has me snapping my head around as she walks out of my room, holding a purring Bennett in her arms. “Your cat has bald spots that are confusing me.”
“What are you doing here?” I ask, shocked.
She shrugs, inspecting Bennett’s ugly coat that is gradually getting better.
“Where else would I be? Now about your cat… What’s wrong with him?”
