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“No, not until we’re in the bedroom because you just admitted you love me—really this time and said the words—and this is what comes next in any story—every story,” I told her firmly. “Against all odds, we made it to falling in love. I love you and you love me. Two traumatized people who have committed countless sins got their second chance and found love.”

“And that means carrying me off?” she demanded with a huff.

I froze in opening the door and looked down at her. “Yes. It means I carry off my mate and kiss her all over and we make love for the first time. We experience that together and open the next chapter of our lives together.”

A thrill of everything good raced through me when her eyes glazed over.

“I find your plan more than acceptable as long as you promise to chew out that horrid man later for trying to trap me into that interview,” she mumbled, obviously embarrassed.

I snorted. “I’ll eat him, my mate. But later. This with you is more important.Youare always what’s most important to me. Forever.”

The End