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“I’m fine. We’re actually just going to…” I point to the door.
Silence descends around the room. With Remi’s bag in one hand and hers in the other, we make our way to the door.
“Ace?” Sarah calls before we’re out of the house.
“Yeah?”
“T-Thank you. Thank you for looking after my girl.”
“Always.” I nod at her before we disappear around the corner.
“How long did you pack for?” I ask, placing Remi’s case in the corner of my bedroom.
“Long enough.”
Wrapping my arms around her waist, I duck down so she’s got no choice but to look at me. “Why didn’t you tell me?” She frowns, so I add, “About the text messages?”
“I was worried about what you’d do, and I didn’t want to lose you.”
“What have I told you? You’re not going to lose me. Not ever, okay?”
She stares off at nothing, and I slide my fingers under her jaw, tilting her face to mine. “Remi, baby. What’s going on in that head of yours?”
“I’m not sure I want to go back there.”
“Back wher—oh.”
She offers me a sad smile that breaks my heart in fucking two. “It took me so long to be able to sleep without barricading my own door after he disappeared. He just walked in through the back door. I’m never going to feel safe there again.”
“I’m sure your mom will understand that. She’ll probably agree. You guys can find a new place.”
She looks away from me, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip.
“What? What aren’t you telling me?” I hate that she’s hiding how she’s really feeling right now.
“I don’t want a new place, Ace. I want…” She blows out a breath. “I want to be here… with you.”
“Oh,” falls from my lips before a smile pulls at the corners. “You want to move in with me, Princess?”
She nods. “I know I’m safe when I’m with you.” The honesty in her voice guts me.
“As incredible as that sounds, I’m not sure they’re going to be all that happy with the idea.” I flick my eyes up to the main house.
“I don’t care, Ace. We’re both eighteen. We can choose what we want to do. This is our life. And I choose you.”
“I choose you too, Princess.” I run my nose against hers, holding her that little bit tighter. “Let’s just be us tonight, and we’ll worry about the rest tomorrow.”
“Okay, sounds good.”
“It’s just me and you, Princess. Always me and you.”
Dropping my lips to hers, I kiss her so deeply that there’s no chance of her ever forgetting.
This girl owns me.
And I’ll spend my life trying to make it up to her.
Starting with right now.
