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“Yeah”—I nod, pulling his forehead to mine— “I’m done.” I slide my lips against his, closing my eyes. “I don’t wanna wait anymore.”
“Wait for what, baby?” he breathes. “Tell me. Say it for me.” My eyes pop open to lock on his. “I wanna be yours … I’ve been yours.”
“Me and you. Fuck the world here. You try to go, and I’ll drag your ass back. Don’t care where or why. No excuses or reasons will cut it. Not a fucking thing, no fucking more.”
“I’ve got no more plays. I’m all out of defense here. Gotta keep you now.”
“Didn’t you know, Mr. Baylor?”
“When it comes to each other, our hearts are defenseless. No way out. No others in.” “No way out,” he repeats in a cemented tone.
“Don’t worry,” I whisper. His features tighten as emotion flares in his gaze. “Be happy,” he responds in just above a whisper.
“I love you,” I whisper. He freezes above me. His jaw locks tight, and the corners of his eyes pinch with the slope of his brows.
“I love you, Parker Baylor,” I repeat. “I always have. And I’m so sorry it took—”
So Parker, my safety.
“I love you, Kenra Monroe,” he whispers. “Always.” “Always,” I whisper back with a smile of my own. This is it. The beginning.
And all I can do is smile at everyone around me, proud that I can finally say I’m happy in my life and mean it with every fiber of my being.
“I love you, Hero.” “I love you, too, Lolli Bear.”
“You, Deaton Baylor, will be the most loved little dude ever.”
“I need to hold you in our bed, in our home, every morning and night. I want you there, with me, always. Let’s erase all the bad with good, Kens.”
“Me and you, every night, Nightingale.” She grins against my lips, her eyes still closed. “Every night, Safety.”
She’s everything I ever wanted and nothing I thought I’d ever have. But here she is. In my arms. My nightingale.
