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“I can’t undo anything I did, but I will be damned if I don’t try to fix it.”
I take out my phone and show her the chip tracking app. It’s secured by a retina scan, fingerprint reader, and a twelve-digit code.
“What is that?”
“Cato, Cameron, and I all have it. No one else knows except us. In case something happens, we can track each other.”
“Really?”
“We protect what is important to us.”
“I thought . . .”
“I’d find you regardless, but I don’t want that. I want you to stay because you want to.”
“And I will have access to it as well?”
She’s way too eager to get her hands on it. If this is how I can show her she can trust me, then I’ll do it.
“Yes, the moment Daniel returns, he can install it. But I will be notified when you access it.”
Her cheeks take a reddish hue and she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear. “I knew there was a catch.”
I chuckle. “I told you I would be honest, but I never told you about my motives. I hate that you think you’re a prisoner because you’re not.”
“I can work with that.”
It strikes me how good of a person she is, way too good for me, but I don’t care. She’s mine, my own life’s present, and I am never letting her go.
“If you want, of course, and can forgive me, we could try... to move on.”
If Cato or any of my men could hear me know, they would double over with laughter, but I would punch the hell out of them. Aurora is precious. She’s worth every bit of the effort I will have to put in to make this thing work between us.
“I should have told you I hadn’t been with anyone, but I was so mad at you.”
“I know, and it’s me who should apologize, not you.”
She places a small kiss on my lips, and I let her set the pace. The kiss is sweet, just like her.
“So, freedom?” she beams.
“Yes, but you will have to check everything with a security team.”
“I thought . . .”
“If they’re stupid enough to come after you, we will be ready, but I can’t risk it. This will be your life. Our life.”
I wrap my arms around her. Can it really be this easy? Communicating, putting yourself out there, compromising? I should have done that from the start. I would have avoided the distrust, the hate, the anger, the breakdowns, that damn night and her getting sick. But would we have been here?
As we walk back to the house, I say, “I have a business meeting.”
She pouts, and it’s enough to make me abandon everything. “If you want me to stay, I’ll postpone it.” I’ve become my biggest nightmare, but fuck, if it gets me her, I’ll adapt to being this sap, doing everything for his woman. Whoever said happy wife, happy life, I’ll drink to that. Wiser words have never been said.
“No, I’ll be fine.”
“I’ll come home right after.”
“You better.” She giggles, and I kiss the top of her nose.
