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Her eyes glisten and her lips quiver.
“I never should have thought about letting you go in the first place. Never should have thought it’d protect you.” It’s pouring out like venom from a wound. The most honest words I’ve ever spoken, wrenched from my chest. “The best way for me to protect you was always to stay with you. I know that now.”
If I let her go, there’s always another door, another flood that might take her away even if it’s not literal.
How could I let that happen after this?
If she’ll have me, I’ll make sure nothing ever harms her again.
And I’m going to bring the full weight of justice down on Adriana Cerva until she’s flatter than a crêpe.
If she’d only fucked with me, that would be one thing. She isn’t the first and she won’t be the last.
But she dragged Destiny into this, and if it wasn’t for me, she’d be dead.
If it wasn’t for me, she wouldn’t have stepped on this damn boat to begin with, and none of this would have happened.
Now, I know there’s no safer place for her than right by my side, where I can protect her.
“I don’t need an answer now. You’ve been through a hell of a lot,” I say, touching her face. “Still. I had to tell you right the fuck now.”
“O-okay.” The beginnings of a smile touch her face.
“Okay?”
“Okay,” she repeats, leaning up to kiss me.
It’s all I need.
Her lips taste like salt, tangy and wild. At first, her mouth is gentle, asking a question I can only answer with assurances.
Yes.
Yes.
Fucking hell, yes.
The kiss changes, charged with energy that crackles across our skin. I put everything I can’t say into the kiss, telling her how glad I am that she’s alive.
How much I want her.
How much I need her.
This is only the kind of kiss you get after a near-death experience.
It’s electric, heart-torn, messy and biting and hands down, the best ever.
Her lips take my entire soul.
When I break away to breathe again, I’m actually dizzy.
Too spent and exhausted for words.
There’s just Destiny Lancaster and her arms, her small hands on my face, her mouth on mine.
We both gasp for air at the same time, and I still want to kiss her again.
Again.
