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“What do you think?” I asked and handed her a mirror.
Emma gasped as soon as she saw her reflection.
“Oh my God,” she said, her eyes wide as she tilted the glass to see it from different angles. “I can’t believe you did this. It’s incredible!”
“Does that mean you like it?” I joked. Her eyes and mouth were so expressive that I knew exactly how she was feeling.
“Likeit?” Emma asked, glancing at me before turning her attention back to the mirror. “Iloveit. This is the best tattoo I’ve ever seen! Thank you!”
I wasn’t prepared for her weight as she threw herself at me, embracing me in a tight hug.
“Woah,” I said, as I dug my heels into the ground to steady myself. “I’m glad you’re happy with it, but you’re gonna knock me over.”
“Sorry, I was excited,” Emma said, as she pulled away and gazed at me with shining eyes. “I can see why people get addicted to tattoos — I haven’t been this excited about anything for a long time.”
I grinned and touched the naked skin on her arm.
“You’ve got a big blank canvas,” I said. “I can tattoo you with whatever you want. Do you have any ideas?”
Emma chuckled.
“I don’t know yet,” she said. “But Idoknow that I’m not getting any of your names tattooed on me, no matter how much I love you.”
Time stopped and the air felt dense as the weight of her words hit me.
Emma clapped her hands to her mouth, her eyes wide as she realized what she said.
“That slipped out! I can’t believe I said that. I mean… I do, but…” she buried her head in her hands so I couldn’t see her face. “I’m so embarrassed!”
“Don’t be,” I said, as I gently steered her hand away. “Because I love you, too.”
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EMMA
The moment Jackson said “I love you too,” my entire world changed.
“Are you sure?” I asked, my mind instinctively returning to Nathan’s unstable moods. One moment he loved me, the next he was calling me fat and saying nobody else would ever want me.
But Jackson nodded somberly.
“I love you more than I ever expected,” he said.
Butterflies appeared in my stomach and my pussy tingled.
“Do the others feel the same way?”
Jackson glanced at the curtain. Could they hear us? I wasn’t sure if they were still out there.
“They haven’t said as much,” he said, “but I’ve worked with Xavier for years. This business is his passion, and I’ve never seen him doanythingfor free.”
I knew he was talking about our charity day, and I wondered how much business he might be losing. The guys brought in around four thousand dollars a day, and I knew that must be a lot for a small-business owner to sacrifice.
But love?
The idea had never even occurred to me. I’d been so wrapped up in everything going on that I’d never considered how the three of them felt.
“What would that look like, though?” I asked. “Sex is one thing, but love…”
