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And even if someone ever tried to start something—” he looked me hard in the eye “—I would never let anything happen to you. I would die for you. I would let my body be pumped with a hundred bullets before you got a single scratch. I would slice my own fucking throat to spare you any discomfort.” His eyes shifted back and forth between mine. “You understand me?”
💜
was a sick fuck because I liked it. I liked watching her finally show me her damn cards. Finally show me what I meant to her. That she was wrapped around my goddamn finger just the way I was wrapped around hers. That we were in this together whether she liked it or not.
You need to accept that I want all of you to myself, that I don’t want to share you or be shared, that I want more than just something casual and easy. I want you to be my woman, I want commitment, I want something more than a week or a month or a year. Maybe forever. Don’t forget you aren’t the only one who’s got a heart on the line. Don’t forget you aren’t the only one who’s risking something. I’ve never done this before, but I know I want to do it with you. Those are my terms. So, if any of that is disagreeable to you, then get out now and don’t waste my fucking time.”
“You sound so busy, I don’t know how you have time for me.” “I don’t have time for you,” he said. “I make time for you.” I looked into those confident eyes and felt myself float. “You’re my priority, and it’s my job to make you feel like a priority.”
“You called me because I’m your man and you’re scared. I’ll be there in ten minutes.” “It’s okay. You don’t need to do that—” “I want to do that, sweetheart.” He hung up without saying goodbye.
