You want to know what I felt?” “What?” I ask breathlessly, unable to even attempt to be snippy. “So fucking devastated that I was going to lose you,” he replies, stark honesty rumbling out of his gravelly voice. “That I was going to lose you before I could tell you that I love you.” Breath sucks in between my lips, my eyes widening as I stare at him. “Love?” He pauses and studies my face like his dark brown eyes are soaking up every inch of me. “Yes, Rissa Bell. I fucking love you.”
