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Mine.
If I could, I would spend my time just looking at her, the image of perfection in front of me. Aurora cracked this hardened heart of mine and made it hers. I never needed it anyway.
I’ll give her anything she desires, as long as she wants to stay mine. I’ll make damn sure she does. Her place is next to me. My lamb turned into a lioness, but she’s still preserving her gentleness, her goodness.
Are you still alive?
I type a message and Cato answers immediately.Yes. Still.
That bad?
Fuck, man, it’s easier to tame a herd of hyenas. She’s that wild.
I witnessed her strike, but he has to be exaggerating.
I’m happy with my choice.
Fuck you.
I smile to myself. Aurora stirs in the bed, a sob wrenching from her lips.
Discarding my phone, I brush her cheek softly. “Shh, it’s justa bad dream.”
She opens her eyes, a bit disorientated. “Kieran?”
“Yes, sweetheart. I’m here. Nothing will ever happen to you.” I’ll fucking make sure of that.
She falls back to sleep, and I take out my laptop, looking through some accounts, deciding where to extract and where to deposit money. With every new client to balance, it becomes a craft.
I set the laptop aside, and she curls up next to me instinctively. And fuck, nothing has ever felt better. I breathe in her scent, summery and sweet, as if cherries and cotton kissed her skin.
I catch her contemplating me, a slight blush covering her cheeks, her face resting on her palm.
“We’re about to land.”
Her joy fills me with satisfaction. Fuck, a few hours ago, I had millions of dollars at the tip of my fingers, and that meant nothing to me. Her happiness? That is everything.
I remember her nightmare and skim a finger over her flawless skin. “Did you sleep well?”
She sighs and looks at a point over my head. “Aurora.”
“Oh, this is serious.” She semi-smiles. “You only use my name to make your point.”
“Figured me out already?”
“Almost.”
“Don’t digress.”
After giving me the cutest pout possible, she says, “Fine, I was taken, and my father and that awful man stood over me and—” Her voice breaks and I press her to my side and she continues, “And my hands were tied. I was so afraid.”
I lift her chin and seek her eyes. “That was a nightmare. Nothing more. No one will come even close. I’ll die protecting you.”
She wraps her arms around me and says, “I want you in my life. Not playing a Greek tragedy hero.”
I chuckle and she slaps my chest. “Promise me you won’t do anything stupid.”
“Nothing will happen to me, and nothing will happen to you. End of discussion.”
