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It was because you couldn’t love me.” He bared his teeth, and instead of fear, she felt desire, fierce and hot, spike inside her. “I never stopped loving you. I fell for you when you tossed me in the pool, and I have never, not even for a single second since, stopped loving you. You are it for me Waverly Sinner, and the sooner you face it, the easier it will be for both of us.”
“Oh, my God! Xaverly’s back!” Kate cheered from the table. “No, we’re not,” Waverly warned. “I just… we’re just…” “Yes, we are,” Xavier said arrogantly. “You might want to look away,” Kate warned Micah. “The smolder they put off is kind of eye-searing.”
“You can’t protect yourself from life, daughter of mine,” Sylvia said with a sad smile. “I would love to keep you from feeling any of the hurt that it brings, but that wouldn’t be fair. The point isn’t to get through life unscathed. It’s to throw yourself into it and experience every drop of it. Get scarred, get scared, soar high, love whenever possible.” “Jeez, Mom. Did you chug the yoga holy water today?”
“And we know how devastated you would be if something happened to my gorgeous face,” Dante said, heavy on the sarcasm. “You should do it,” Grigory said, getting a laugh out of everyone. “Grigory, don’t tell me you’re trying to get rid of your soon-to-be favorite son-in-law,” Dante quipped. Xavier had to hand it to the man. He was unflappable. Grigory was back to looking green. “This we will discuss much later. Perhaps after you have mysteriously disappeared again.”
“Will it be enough for you?” Waverly asked. What she wanted to ask was if it would be enough for her. “What does it matter how big my next movie is? Or if I do another twenty missions for some government agency? I’m still going home to my empty house afterwards. I want someone to be there at the end of the day. Someone who cares about me, someone I can’t wait to talk to. That’s the part that matters. It’s the sharing that counts, not the life in between.”
“I love you, Xavier Saint. Even more now. And even more every damn day. You’re my protector, my partner, my heart.”
“You are my heart and my center. Nothing means what it should without you. I want to build a life with you. I want to wake up holding you every damn day of my forever. I want to give you everything you’ve ever wanted.
