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“It’s an NDA.” I handed them to her.
“A non-disclosure? For whom?” She seemed confused.
“Larry Hanks.”
She knit her brows together in confusion. “You had Larry sign an NDA?”
“I did.”
“For what?”
“He’s not allowed to ever talk about you, the record deal situation with Lace and Venom, or the porn stuff. If he does, he has to not only give the money back, but another half a million on top of what we gave him.”
“You gave him money?”
“Happy birthday, baby.” Her birthday was technically tomorrow, but it was almost midnight so that seemed close enough.
“Let me get this straight. You gave Larry—how much did you give him?” She narrowed her eyes at me.
“Half a million. Cash. Tax-free for him because we’ll be paying them.”
“You gave him half a million dollars in exchange for signing an agreement to never talk about our shared past?”
“Yup.”
“Without telling me?”
“It was a surprise for your birthday.” I pulled her up against me. “And I know how much you like surprises.”
She laughed. “I like shoe surprises.”
“Well, your birthday isn’t over yet.”
“Have I told you how much I love you yet today?”
“No, but I’m listening.”
She used her hand to push a lock of hair out of my eyes. “I fall more in love with you every day, Kingston Knight. And you continue to do things that make me love you that much more.”
“I promised you we would change the narrative in the press about you, and that’s what we’re doing. You did your part when you let Presley do the story about you, and this was the last loose end that needed tying up. Larry isn’t going to try to blackmail you or hold anything over your head ever again. It’s done.”
We’d had a week or two of stressful headlines at the beginning of the tour, but it had slowly faded into oblivion. Then Devyn had told me about Larry’s attempt to blackmail her, and I’d known I would do whatever was necessary to make it stop. The payment and NDA had been Madeline’s idea and now that it was done, it felt like we’d done the right thing.
“I feel free,” Devyn whispered against my mouth.
I lazily grazed my lips across hers. “You are. Free to do anything you want.”
“Most of what I want to do is you.”
I reached down to palm her ass. “I like the sound of that.”
“I’m sure you do.”
Our lips met lovingly, a sweet exchange of kisses and caresses that were appropriate for a public arena. The press had switched gears and now seemed to find us adorable, which was the direction Dorian had been pushing us toward. We had a bunch of photo ops coming up when we got to Paris next week, and I had a few more surprises for Devyn up my sleeve too.
Things were definitely on the upswing.
I’d never thought love could feel so good, or so intense, but that was probably because I’d never truly been in love before.
Now that I was, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
I’d found not just my other half, but a part of me I hadn’t known was missing. She made me whole and made me a better man.
What more could anyone ask for?
