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“I would never hurt you.”
“No, I know. Not that way.”
“What way?” he pressed.
“My heart.” She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. “I couldn’t take another...”
“You won’t,” he promised.
“How do you know?”
He smiled and ran his thumb across her lower lip. “Because I know.”
Jesska rolled her eyes. “Cocky man.”
“Confident,” he corrected.
“Confident, cocky, kind of the same thing.”
“You’ve forgotten something big, however.”
“Have I?” She raised an eyebrow. “What’s that?”
“I never break my promises.”
Kaspar tilted her chin and covered her mouth with his. She sighed as he cupped the back of her head and held her tighter. Guilt crept in and she tried to pull away, but he wouldn’t let her retreat. “Let it come, baby. We’ll deal with it together.”
“I haven’t dealt with it in ten years. What makes you think we can deal with it together?”
“Because it’s done, Jesska. There is nothing you can do to change it. But you can love me and let me love you, and remember your friend fondly.”
She blinked. “He was far more than my friend.”
“Perhaps I can’t wrap my mind around that just yet.”
“I feel like I’m forgetting him.”
“You’ll never forget him,” Kaspar said. “He made an indelible mark.”
“True.” Jesska nodded and sighed. “But, honestly, I really wasn’t expecting you.”
He chuckled. “I wasn’t expecting you either, but I’m very glad I found you.”
“Me too,” she admitted. “I never thought I’d feel again.”
“What do you mean? You feel deeply. I can sense it.”
“I loved Seth, but I love you very differently.”
He swept her hair from her forehead, slipping it behind her ear. “Do you? How?”
“Deeper, I guess.” She shook her head. “I’m not making sense.”
“You’re doing fine, sweetheart.”
“When I lost Seth, I thought I’d never feel the same way about anyone the way I felt about him. He was my first…everything. But what I feel for you has surpassed him.” She bit her lip. “I feel like I’m disrespecting his memory by saying it, but what I felt for him wasn’t even close to what I feel for you.”
“It’s our way, elskan.”
