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“My sweet, gentle Bella? You’ve been hanging around me too long.”
“That’s exactly what she said. But I have to protect the queen,” I say, shrugging.
“Well, you are my queen, so next time call me if anything happens,” he replies, kissing my nose. “Although after this, I doubt the two of you will be going anywhere without an escort.”
I thought as much.
“You know, I think I truly understand you and your need to protect your family and loved ones. There’s nothing I wouldn’t have done to protect Julianna today. And there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to protect you.”
He stills, and gives me a long look. “And that’s why you are perfect for me.”
“And I kind of bought my wedding dress,” I blurt out.
He rolls me over onto my back and looks me in my eyes. “Really? That was fast. Fuck, I can’t wait to see you in it. And then take it off you.”
“I know, I wasn’t going to buy anything, just try a few on, but when I wore it I just knew it was the one,” I say, smiling. “It’s stunning.”
“Then I’m glad you got it,” he says, kissing my nose. “Anything that makes you smile like that, I want you to have it.”
I really do love this man.
I’ve never felt so loved and so taken care of before. I’ve never felt more appreciated and more understood.
I’ve never felt so wanted, and so beautiful.
And that’s how I know this is where I’m meant to be.
A few weeks go by with no news from the police, which makes me think that they couldn’t come up with enough evidence to take River back in, and I, for one, am thrilled. I don’t know what he did to get away with it, and I don’t want to know, but I’m just grateful. Maybe I should be scared of him, or concerned about the type of man that he is and what he’s capable of, but I’m not. I know that he just does what needs to be done.
Someone once said that the difference between a hero and a villain is that villains will do anything for the people they love. A hero wouldn’t hurt anyone, or kill for someone else.
A villain would.
So maybe he’s my villain, and maybe I’m more than okay with that.
He’s the most loyal man I’ve ever known, and he will do what needs to be done for the best of the MC.
For his family.
And I respect that, and him.
And I’d do anything to protect him right back.
So although I come off as sweet and innocent, maybe the truth is that I’m a villain, too.
Epilogue
River
They say when you meet the one you’re meant to be with you’ll know.
And I did.
From the moment I laid eyes on her.
I’m sure people say that all the time. But for me, it’s a little different. Before Bella, I never felt a connection with a woman, and I’ve never found a woman I wanted to have beside me. I sure as hell never let one get close to me.
And as I watch her walking toward me, in her beautiful white gown, I know without a fucking doubt that this is the woman for me.
