“I feel you now, I felt you before, and I'll feel you for as long as I live.” His hands move away from his heart and to my hips. “I love you, Forest Blackburn. I loved you even when I hated you. I want you to only ever love me. I want to be the only one who holds you like this. I want you if the world comes crashing down. I will only ever want you. Nothing in this life can hurt me but you,” he whispers, squeezing my hips tightly.

