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“I would have done it too.” She turns to me. “I’d have gone back to that hell if it meant I get to be with you. I never planned to fall in love, Prescott. That’s why you were so safe. I didn’t even like you for the better part. How could I fall for you, and yet…” She shakes her head. “You snuck up on me, took bits and pieces of my broken heart, and convinced me that I was worth it, just the way I was. Broken and jaded.”
I cup her cheeks, pressing my forehead against hers. “You’re not broken.”
“I was.” Her warm breath touches my skin as her hands cover mine. “I was broken, but you helped me put my pieces back together. You helped me learn how to love myself when I didn’t think it was possible, and you were never afraid of my darkness.”
“There is only one thing I’m afraid of, and that’s losing you.”
“I’m not going anywhere. Not now, not ever. I love you, Prescott Alexander Wentworth, and I want to give us another shot. Even though all the sneaking around was kind of fun.”
The corner of my mouth tugs upward. “So what you’re saying is that you want to keep me as your dirty little secret?”
“Never,” Jade shakes her head. “I’m done with keeping secrets.”
“Good. Because there’s no way I’d be able to hide how much I love you.”
Skimming my thumbs over her cheekbones, I close the distance between us and press my mouth against hers in a slow kiss. My mouth glides against hers, and it feels like I’ve come home.
Here in the middle of the gallery that tells her story,ourstory, the story of love and loss, heartbreak and darkness, and we’re still standing strong.
Together.
Breaking the kiss, I press my forehead against hers.
“Let’s get you home.”
And, with her hand in mine, we walk out into the light.
EPILOGUE
JADE
Late August
“Give me that.”
I clasp my hands tighter around the chair, looking up to meet a pair of narrowed, dark eyes. “Are we seriously going to do this again?”
“We wouldn’t have to if you’d just be a good girl and hand it over.”
“I’m quite capable of carrying that myself. I thought we established that last year.”
“We did, but you also have a big hunk of a boyfriend who can carry it for you, so why not use me?” Prescott wiggles his brows, and I can feel my belly tightening at the innuendo.
“Because I have way better ways of using you?”
“You do.” He presses a hard kiss to my lips, leaving me breathless. Which gives him just enough time to steal the chair out of my hands as he pulls back. “But you’ll start with that chair.”
“Chair stealer!” I yell after him.
He looks over his shoulder, a big grin on his face. “But you love me.”
“I do.”
Oh, how I do.
Grace nudges me with her elbow. “I never thought I’d see you so…”
“Happy?” I offer, shifting my attention to my best friend.
