“I trust Banks with you,” I say with everything I have, “and right now, I need to be with Jane.” It’s never felt more necessary. I can want and desire my girlfriend, but I need to be the man at her side come Scotland. Not Tony. Not her brothers. Not Maximoff or Farrow. That man has to be me. She wants a teammate, and she needs to see that we’re meant to stand at the end of the line together. That no matter the circumstances, I’ll rip through shackles and be there for her—always. Forever. That word stuns my churning brain and ripples through me like life-threatening voltage. Forever. I’m barely
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