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While I’ve been healing from my bullet wound, I’ve been doing some soul-searching of my own. The first step was finding a therapist. And that part has been hard. I know Dr. Collins didn’t do anything wrong. He was set up by Cammie, but the entire ordeal has lowered my ability to trust people even more. But I know I need to have someone to talk to—about my past, about the inability to have children. I won’t allow the grief to eat away at me. Not anymore.
“Do you think you’ll go to Sophia’s birthday party?” I gaze up at him, tucking my hand under my chin.
His lips jerk as he catches my eye. “That’s what I was just thinking about.”
I know.
But I don’t tell him that.
“I’m not sure.” He roughs a breath. “I want to see her, but I don’t know if I’m ready to see all of them and act like we’re some fucking family we never were.”
I gather his palm in my hand. “Hey, it’s okay if you don’t want to. You’re allowed to say no. But if there’s a part of you that wants to, that’s okay too, baby.”
He kisses my knuckles and his throat bobs. “I’m at peace with it. I don’t need them. I have you.”
He grasps my hips and flips me on top of his hard body. As soon as he does, when those eyes hold mine, that spot between my thighs aches for him, needing him badly.
It’s been so long since he’s been inside me, since I’ve felt thatconnection between us. Now that the doctor has given me the all-clear, I’ve wanted to, but he’s been the one scared of hurting me.
I rock my hips into his stiff length, biting into my lower lip. “You’ll always have me, Adriel.”
My lips lower to his and I stroke them, the tip of my tongue lacing past his full, firm lips.
“Kayla…” A growl fountains out from deep in his chest. “We can’t.”
I drown out the voices in his head with a touch of my mouth to his, and I kiss him slowly, his groaning whispering life into my heart.
His fingers sink into my hair, and he pushes his cock into me, snapping his hand around my waves until my scalp aches with excitement. He wrenches me back with a jerk of his hand, his gaze intense and earth-shattering. And in this moment, I can feel it, the unspoken way in which he loves me.
He may not be capable of giving me those words, but what good are words when you can’t feel them? When they’re nothing but lies? How many live that life? How many are happy?
But I am. I’ve never been happier, more fulfilled, than I am with him. So no, I don’t need words if he can’t give them to me. I’m content having him the way he is.
As for me, I plan on telling him how much I love him as much as I can. Because this beautiful man has never been told he’s loved, and it’s my job to prove to him that he’s worthy of it.
“I love you, Adriel.”
His inhale is sharp, eyes poignant just as he presses his forehead to mine.
“I love hearing you say that,” he whispers.
“I plan to for the rest of my life.”
His brows knit as he stares back at me. “I want to show yousomething.”
“Oh?” Excitement shoots out from me, wondering what that could be.
He moves me to the side and sits up, lifting his shirt over his head. And at first, I don’t see it. Not until my eyes make out something new on his tattoo that wasn’t there before.
Emotions ache behind my eyes as my gaze bounces between the new art and him. Carefully, he watches me as I take it all in. Faces of two wolves, embracing until they form a heart. One with green eyes and one with the same color as mine. My chin shakes as I fight not to cry. A black bird flies above them, and beneath, the words say,In love there’s no fear. Not with you. I love you, little wolf.
“This,” I choke on a cry. “This is beautiful.”
My arms jump around him, and he holds me close, kissing my temple.
“I’m trying,” he says.
“Never had a doubt, stalker.” A grin spreads across my face.
