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Jaron reached over and flicked on the lamp sitting on the nightstand before laying back down beside me. “I want you to see my face when I tell you.”
My heart jumped. “Tell me what? I thought we were going to sleep.”
“We are but I need to tell you this first. I should have told you as soon as I got out of jail. Saying this should have been the first thing I did and for that, I’m sorry.” He paused. “I’m in love with you, Piper.”
I gasped. “Jaron, you said…”
“I know what I said.” He cupped my face, brushing his thumb along my bottom lip. “I need you to know how I feel before I push you away for good. Before you leave and move on with someone else.”
“No, never. That’ll never happen.” I wrapped my arm around his shoulders, leaning my forehead against his.
His body shook, a shuddered breath leaving him. “It’ll hurt but I understand, Piper. If you need time. If you need me to go and give you space.”
“Stop.” I shook my head. “I don’t want that. You’re mine. I’m yours. And, Jaron...”
His gaze burned into me.
“I’m in love with you too,” I whispered, my eyes were met by his stormy grays.
Jaron sat up, pulling me along with him. His shoulders slumped like my words relieved all of the tension in his body. “Jail fucked me up. I wasn’t in there for as long as some people are, but it still messed with my head.” His eyes flicked to mine. “But being without you was even harder.”
I ran my fingers through the hair at his nape, my chest tightening and my heart hurting over the fact that this man, this strong but broken man, was a shattered mess. He did something to save me only to lose a piece of himself in the process.
“I don’t know what I would do if I lost you, Piper.” He leaned his forehead against mine, his hot breath fanning over my face.
I lifted my hand at the same time as he lifted his. Our fingers joined, sliding between each other. The touch was small but said so much. It said more than our words ever could.
“I love you, Piper,” Jaron murmured, kissing my temple. “I’ve been to hell for you and would go back there if it meant keeping you safe. The rest doesn’t matter.”
“But it does.” Our eyes locked. “I don’t want to lose you in the process. I love you too much to let that happen.”
“I can never thank you enough for that.” He brought our joined hands to his mouth, placing a soft peck on my knuckles. “We’re breaking our walls, baby.”
I smiled up at him. “We are. Slowly.”
“I’m a stubborn fucker, Piper. I chased you all the way to Paris. Don’t ever forget that.”
“How can I?” I ran my thumb down the length of his jaw. “It started…everything.”
“No, baby.” He kissed my forehead. “It started the moment both of us stopped sleeping with other people.”
“I wish I would have waited for you.” I sighed, my shoulders slumping. “I wish I would have lost my virginity to you and giving you all of me.”
“I wish the same for myself.” Jaron turned me in his arms, so my back was to his front.
I curled the blanket around us. “Gigi told me that she was Vince’s first and he was hers. I’m jealous.” I laughed lightly.
“Same, babe, but we can’t go back in time,” Jaron said, resting his arm across my lap. “So we can only control our future. I don’t want anyone else.”
My eyes snapped to his. “I don’t want anyone else either.”
“Good.” He pinched my chin, holding my head firmly in his grip. “You’re mine.”
“And you’re mine,” I said breathlessly.
He gave me a small smile. “We should get some sleep.”
I went to respond when a cry came from the baby monitor.
