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“Thanks a lot. Now all I’m going to think about is some big hairy guy, wielding an ax and wearing a mask, breaking in the front door.” I shook my head. “If that happens just scream real loud. I’ll come running.” She smiled. “You would, wouldn’t you?” I leaned back, stepping away from the window. “Without a doubt. Somebody tries to hurt you, I’ll kill them.” It was the truth. If anybody ever tried to hurt Maddie, they’d have to get through me first. Just the thought of someone laying their hands on her had me seeing red. I took a breath and mentally counted to three. One. Two. Three.
I traced her bottom lip with my thumb. “Because a man can’t live without his heart. And you, pretty girl, are my heart.”
Hendrix looked at me, his eyes swimming with an emotion I couldn’t read. “Good,” he ran a finger down my cheek, “then I’ll make it my mission to make you laugh every day for the rest of our lives.” “Every day for the rest of our lives, huh?” “Every single damn day.” “You plan on keeping me that long?” “I plan on keeping you forever.” I softly elbowed him in the stomach. “Forever ever?” He sat up, pulling me into his lap. Wrapping his long arms around me, he pressed his forehead against mine. “Until my dying breath.”
“Because I love you. Because you’re mine.” Because I love you… Because you’re mine…
