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The light of understanding forms in his eyes.
“How long has this been going on?”
“Years now. That’s why I ended up doing my mother’s job at Sunset Cove and not writing for a magazine. I kept it a secret from everyone except Madison, so I have no idea how Nathan found out. She definitely wouldn’t have told him.”
“There are ways of finding things out if you’re looking in the right places. I suspect he had you checked out to ensure he knew your secrets.”
“I just wish he didn’t know. The whole thing is bad enough as it is. While I was writing my application forPeople Magazine, I worried Rachel would get to them too, but I didn’t let it stop me from trying. Even if she has the power to stop me from getting my dream job, I at least wanted to try.”
“Listen to me.” He takes my hands into his. “Don’t worry about this anymore. I’ll take care of it.”
I search his eyes, feeling hope in this awkward time. “How will you?”
“Let me worry about that. Try to push last night behind you and the past. That’s all I want you to do. I’ll take care of everything else, and you won’t have to worry about Rachel or anybody else ever again.”
I study his face, checking if he’s serious. As always, he is. “Knight, you don’t know what you’re offering me. This has been a hole in my heart, crushing me for years.”
“I’ll always take care of you, Aurora. Always.” The promise in his eyes warms my heart, healing the scars that have lived on the surface for so long I can’t remember what it’s like to feel normal.
“Alwayssounds like a long time, Knight. Longer than the next three months.”
“I know, but maybe I stopped thinking about the next three months when I realized I wantalwayswith you.” For once, that darkness that always resides in his expression isn’t anywhere to be found. What I see in him is light and hope. It makes me believe we have our own special connection that’s sacred to him and me. It’s something that makes me feel that I never had to compete with Giselle. “We could havealwaysif you want it, too.”
I’m nodding before he can even finish the sentence. “Yes. I do. I absolutely do want always with you too.” It feels like we’re taking our vows again, but unlike on our wedding day, my heart is soaring into the heavens with the joy of loving him.
“Then let’s doalways, Aurora Grayson.”
“Let’s do it.”
Knight pulls me into his arms and holds me close to his heart.
Locked in his embrace, I feel love as strong and as tangible as we are, and I contemplate this pivotal moment between us.
There will be no end.
No divorce at the end of our six months of marriage.
I’d already fallen so hard for this man I couldn’t see a future without him, but now I love him even more.
I already know that’s how I’ll feel,always.
Chapter39
Knight
“Icame as soon as I could,” William says, rushing into my office.
“You’re here now.” I close the door.
He’s here to see Aurora, but I wanted to talk to him first.
I called him last night to tell him what transpired between Aurora and Nathan, but he was in Florida for a business trip. He took the first flight he could get back to New York.
I won’t keep him for too long because I know he’s eager to see his daughter. What I have to talk to him about won’t take much time.
“How is she?” He’s so worried he’s paler than I’ve ever seen him.
“She’s not too bad. Bruised and shaken up, but I’ll take care of her.”
