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“Emmett Brodie, at your service, my queen.”
“C’mon, Mrs. Brodie. The quicker we get through the formalities, the quicker we get to the fun stuff, like my ring on your finger and you in my bed for the rest of our lives.”
I was unstoppable before Emmett. With him, I’m indestructible.
“You’ve met your match, Care. Imagine the extremely beautiful, strong-willed babies you’ll make together.”
lips. “There is zero doubt in my mind.” “It feels like you’re calling me crazy.” “It feels like you’re calling me yours.” My eyes move between his before I finally admit, “I am.”
“There’s only one you,”
“And somehow, in this whole world, you’re mine.”
love you, Cara. And I don’t care that it’s only been three weeks, and maybe you think I’m a little crazy. I’ve been crazy since the day I took one look at you and told myself you were it for me, and I’ll be crazy for the rest of my life, because there’s nothing sane about the way I love you.”
“You are worthy, Cara. You are enough.”
“Get dressed. I’ll be downstairs, because I promised our niece pancakes, a dance, and painted toes. Then, I’m taking you home. We’re fixing this, firefly. You and me? We don’t quit. Not on each other. Not on a love like ours.”
“Breathe, baby. Breathe with me. Because I can’t breathe without you.”
“For you, Emmett? For you, I’d climb every mountain.” She brings my hand to her chest, pressing my palm over her heart, where it beats fast and hard. “For myself too. I want to fight for myself.”
“You are human, Cara. You win, you lose. You laugh and you love, and you struggle and you grieve. You’re human. Magnificently made, every inch of your path forged by you. Every mountain you’ve conquered is because you’ve refused to stay where you are. Every fight you’ve won is because you’ve refused to settle. Because you get back up again, no matter how long it takes you. Not because of your body. Because of your heart.
“No. They only protect themselves. They don’t think about anybody else.” He turns over, a quiet sigh and the ruffle of his blankets filling the air. Right before I shut the door, he whispers, “That’s why my Cara is not a dinosaur.”
