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I stare at the delicate band encrusted with diamonds. It’s beautiful. Simple, but elegant.
And far more than I imagined someone would ever give me.
“You didn’t have to do this,” I choke out.
“It’s a placeholder,” he says. “We’ll get you a bigger one later, if you ever want to…”
His voice trails off, and his ears turn pink.
“I would want to,” I breathe. “I would love to.”
Vincent visibly relaxes, and he almost smiles.
“We just wanted you to have something to wear for now. Something for you to know that we’re always with you, even when we’re not actually there.”
I can’t stop smiling. Tears fill my eyes as I stand on my tiptoes to press a kiss to Vincent’s lips. He wraps an arm around my waist, deepening the kiss until I pull away.
“I love you,” he says, pressing his forehead to mine. “I’m in love with you, Skylar.”
“I love you, too,” I breathe.
He pulls away to look at me, his eyes widening a fraction. “Really?” he asks quietly.
His face flushes again, and I’m so in love with him I can barely breathe.
“Of course. How could I not?”
He looks like he wants to argue, but I hold out the box to him.
“Will you put it on me?”
Vincent swallows as he plucks the ring from the box and takes my hand. Slowly, he slides it on to my ring finger on my left hand, letting out a breath once it’s done.
“It’s beautiful,” I breathe.
“It’s just a starter ring,” he says. I raise my eyebrows at him. “You’ll have more in the future.”
“I don’t need another?—”
“Skylar. I like putting you in jewelry. It does something to me.”
His icy eyes are possessive as he stares at my hand. “It shows that you’re mine,” he growls.
He brings my fingers to his lips, kissing them gently. “You belong to us,” he says. “Let us take care of you the way you deserve.”
And for once, I don’t argue with him. I just kiss him in the moonlight, the ring shining as his scent swirls around me.
The next day, April wakes up.
EPILOGUE
SKYLAR—TWO MONTHS LATER
“Therapy. Both of you.”
Tammy stares at me and April, her arms crossed as we lounge on her couch. We share a blanket, an oversized fluffy throw covering both of us.
“Huh?” I look at Tammy with my mouth full of cheese. An extravagant charcuterie board is on the coffee table in front of us, loaded with meats, fancy cheeses, and different crackers.
