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“When someone squirms their way into their heart, you mean?” She bites her bottom lip, so close to smiling I realize I’m holding my breath waiting to see it.
“Champion squirmer right here.” I press a kiss to her lips.
“Do you think Drew will be happy about us? Or will we have to hold his hand through it,” she murmurs as she kisses me back.
“You fucking won’t be holding anyone’s hands except mine,” I growl, causing her to narrow her eyes at me in question. “Don’t worry.” I smile. “Just something he said.”
“I can’t believe you sold Vex. It’s your dream.” Her hands trace their way from my shoulders and up the sides of my neck. I groan as she slides them into my hair and strokes my scalp.
“I’ll still be running it. I don’t care whose name is on the paperwork. I care about seeing it happen. It’s going to change the future of engineering. The way that we do things. The rest of it, having my name on it, that would just be for ego.”
Maddy arches one brow.
“Yeah, fuck, okay.” I smirk. “But I still get to play with rockets. I’m still cool.”
“You are.” She smiles.
She finally fucking smiles, and the sight steals my breath.
I pull her back and put my lips on her forehead.
“I am so in love with you, Maddox Harper. So stupidly in love with you.”
“Logan…” Her voice drops to a whispered sob. “Your happiness means everything to me. I… I don’t know how to tell you, to show you that. Nothing is enough, nothing is…”
The thought of her crying again makes every muscle in my body clench.
“Hey.” I place my fingers beneath her chin and tilt her head so our eyes meet. “You think coming here to see Sterling and ask him for fifteen million isn’t a big enough gesture? You think selling your apartment to help me, isn’t?” I smile as I say the words, trying desperately to dissolve the weight she’s carrying inside her.
She lets out an uneven breath and warmth fills my chest as her voice lifts.
“I was shaking the whole way here. I was sure he’d say no.”
“But he didn’t.”
“No. He didn’t. But I told him everything. About Dad and what he did to Drew, how it made me feel about you all these years. How I feel now.”
“You’re amazing. You know that?”
Self-doubt and guilt fill her eyes. “I wanted to do it for you. I had to do something. It’ll never be enough though.”
“Stop. Please stop.”
The crease is back between her brows. I press my lips to it in a kiss.
“If I think of a way you can make it up to me, will you stop beating yourself up?”
“I’ll try.”
“Not good enough, Smiles. I want a promise.”
She smiles for the second time. And once again I’m breathless. Because after everything that’s happened, she must be mine.
I slant my mouth over hers and kiss her. She grips onto my collar and holds me to her as she whimpers against my mouth.
“Was that squeak a confirmation?”
She smiles as I kiss her.
