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“You planted drugs in his car to get rid of him.”
“Yep.”
“You got him on the no-fly list.”
“Mmmhmm. And I’d do it again.”
“You're crazy about me, aren't you, Ari Lancaster?”
He grinned, and the butterflies inside me, the one that looked like his tattoo…they went wild.
“Fucking insane for you, sunshine.”
I was smiling crazily, but I didn’t care. Because I hadn’t known the human soul could feel this much relief and happiness at once.
And I was going to revel in it.
“Good. Because I figured out I'm crazy for you too.”
“It’s about time, baby,” he murmured, stalking towards the house. “But I would have waited forever.”
I continued to smile dreamily at him as he opened the front door and stepped inside.
“But thank fuck I didn’t have to.”
CHAPTER26
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We stood in the front foyer, still staring at each other with silly, insane grins.
And then…it was like a storm broke.
Ari’s lips crashed against mine, his hand cradling my face. Staring at me soulfully, like I was his biggest dream come true.
I didn’t feel like I deserved it after I had tried to break us. But I wasn’t going to point that out.
He was giving me another chance. I’d spend the rest of my life showing him that wasn’t a mistake.
Ari pulled back and I tried to chase his lips, but he held my head in place. “No more pushing me away. Because I can’t take it. I need you. I’ve beendyingwithout you.”
I opened my mouth to say “yes,” but he placed a finger on my lips. “I need you to really think about it before you agree. Because after this, you’re never going to get another chance.I will not let you go.No matter what. No matter what happens. You will be mine and I will be yours. And that will be the end of our story.”
He continued to hold me with one arm while he reached into his pocket.
“I think this belongs to you,” he murmured, holding it up for me to look at.
“It does,” I responded, no hesitation. Not anymore. And his face was giddy as he slipped it on my finger.
It felt like it belonged there now. It felt, well…perfect.
I stared up at him. And for the first time in weeks, there was no doubt. It was like it had washed away, disappeared like the lipstick stains down the drain. And somehow I knew, it was never going to come back.
He was it for me. Maybe he could be a hero and a villain at the same time, just like I could be.
And maybe it was what worked for us. Maybe it was the only thing thatwouldwork when you had someone with so much still to work through like I did.
But at least now Iwasfinally working through it.
