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“Don’t mention it, Sunflower.” “Why do you keep calling me that?” she asks. I grin. “Because you light up my life, just like sunflowers light up the world.”
“Not boring. Nothing about you is boring. Whatever it was, I want to hear it.”
“I could listen to you read the dictionary for days on end, Sunflower. That’s how much you enthrall me.”
He tilts my chin upward, dropping his head to rest his forehead against mine. “Don’t you get it?” he whispers. “Margo, you’re the only person I want to be with. The only one I want. There’s no one else for me but you.”
“Sunflower?” “Yeah?” “Please don’t change your mind this time. I don’t think my heart could take it.”
“Who cares about the money?” He shrugs. “I know that’s a privileged thing to say, but I mean it. You’re by far the most valuable thing in my life right now, Sunflower.”
“Because it’s true.” His voice is rough, and tears glint in his eyes. “I would never, ever cheat on you, Sunflower. You will always be it for me. Even if you never forgive me for what I did, even if you hate me for the rest of your life, I’ll still love you. I can’t do anything but love you. I don’t know how.”
“Sure, he blackmailed me, but I fucked up the second I decided that lying to you and pushing you away was the best way to keep you safe. That’s not how you protect someone if you really love them. If you love someone, you show up for them. You stand by their side. And that’s what I should’ve done with you.”
