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October 25 - October 25, 2025
And for the first time since we met, I see her smile. I think I like it when she smiles.
“Aurora.” I come to a reluctant stop and tilt my head to the sky. “I don’t care what Alberto says. Wear your hair curly.”
“You wore your hair curly.”
“Do. Not. Tempt. Me.”
You’re perfect. Of course you’d be perfect.”
“Don’t test me today, Aurora. I’ve spent nine years resisting temptation. You’re making it very hard for me to get to a decade.”
Fuck, she’s adorable.
seeing you in your engagement dress is hard enough. But seeing you in your wedding dress?” A growl vibrates deep within me. I tighten my grip. “That’ll be fucking torture.”
“You’re wearing sunglasses too,” I snap back, jerking my chin up to his mirrored Aviators. “What’s your excuse?” “How else am I meant to check out your ass without getting caught?”
Fuck, she’s annoying. Fuck, she’s hot.
all I fucking think about is claiming those lips, even when they spout geeky shit about birds I couldn’t care less about.
“What does Alberto do to you, Rory?” He speaks slowly, like he doesn’t trust himself to say the words. “Tell me what he does to you.”
all I can focus on is how good it feels to have her hand in mine.
I wish I made her come alive like that.
“You’re not thinking straight.” “Yeah, you seem to have that effect on me.”
“Out of all my sins, you’re my favorite.”
“I swear to God, Rory. You better know how to fly, because if you fall, I’m coming with you.”
“But you hate Devil’s Dip.” His eyes harden on the windshield. “But I don’t hate you.”
“I liked that sweater.” “You can have all my sweaters.”
“I stick by what I said,” he mutters. “And what was that?” I rasp back, sinking into the warmth of the bath. “You’re worth starting a war for.”
Christ, I think I love him.
He laughs, the type of laugh that’ll turn me into an addict.
“Ham and pineapple, please.” He wrinkles his nose. “Fucking hell. Is it too late to give you back?”
“I have killed every man on this coast that has touched you inappropriately. From Max to my own fucking uncle. These kids are next, and if anybody besides me puts so much of a finger on you from now on, they’ll be killed too.”
“I’ve got something better than sex.” “I doubt it,” I mutter. Laughing, he tips the bag and a mountain of candy falls onto the bed.
My obsession with her is maddening.
“Shut up, Rory. He left his entire life in England and came back to Devil’s Dip for you. He’s so in love with you that it makes me sick.” “She’s right, I am.”
Angelo says nothing. Instead, he stares up at me with pride licking the walls of his irises. It’s an expression that reads, that’s my girl.
“I told you. I’ve only been with one guy, and it was—” He clamps a large hand over my mouth, cutting me off. “Mention that other guy again and I’ll drop him in the Pacific with a couple of bricks attached to his ankles.”
Over the last month, that girl has managed to fill every inch of my soul, my mind, and my home.
