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Ashlan was the baby of the family. Dylan and Charlotte were twins and two years older than her, two years younger than me. Our oldest sister, Everly, was two years older than me.
Honey Bee.”
Deep inside her lived a queen… but she hadn’t tapped into that shit yet. But I saw it. I saw the fierceness behind her dark gaze when it came to protecting her sisters. Her father.
I thought about the first time I ever called her by that nickname. The first time I realized Vivian Thomas was my best friend. The first time I crawled through her window craving all her goodness… “Niko?” she asked as she opened the window. “Did he hit you again?”
“I’m not leaving you alone when you’ve had this much to drink. But after the conversation we just had, I don’t trust myself in a bed with you. I’ll see you in the morning. Sleep, Honey Bee.”
“You’re lucky I love you,” she said as she lay back again in the canoe. Don’t I know it. I’m the luckiest bastard around.
“I’m not going to have sex with you, Vivian, because you and I see sex differently.” She cleared her throat. “How so?” “I fuck. You make love. And you deserve that, but that isn’t me. But I can sure as hell manage to rock your fucking world without sticking my dick in you. And I want to be the first one to taste you.”
I already loved Vivi, I had my whole life. Wanting her wasn’t supposed to happen.
“Damn, you’re so fucking perfect, Honey Bee. So fucking perfect.”
“Oh. My. I see I’ve interrupted something. I would call the fire department to put out this fire, but it appears you’re already here,” Dylan said over a fit of laughter.
Because it was the only relationship that allowed me to spend all my time with you because my boyfriend didn’t live here. Because it’s always been you.”
Trauma is the ultimate thief. It may have robbed your past, but only you can let it rob your future.”
“Don’t sit on your ass when you have a good thing right in front of you. Because it may not be there forever,”
“If you’re waiting for my approval, you already have it. I couldn’t pick a better person than you for my daughter. The only one who doesn’t know it is you.”
She was it for me. Always had been. So why the fuck was I so afraid of telling her? I am not my father.
“Someone call the fire department because this place is about to go up in flames,”
“You do know that I can walk, right?” I chuckled. “I like carrying you. Like letting the world know that you’re mine.”
“I think I’ve always been yours, Niko West,”
“You taking control, Honey Bee?” “Are you going to let me?” “I’m yours. Have your way with me.”
“Sit, smart-ass. I was trying to impress my girl. She owns a bakery,”
“Being with you. It’s honestly the happiest I’ve felt since my mom died, Niko. This.”
“I love you, Honey Bee. It’s you that’s made me sweeter. And it’s only for you.”
“It’s always been you. You just weren’t mine yet.” “You’ve always been mine, Vivi. It just took me a bit to claim you.”
“That makes me happy. You’re safe with me, Niko.” I chuckled. “Oh yeah? You going to keep me safe, Vivi?” “Always.”
“It’s my honeybee and my heart. They’re one and the same. I wanted to show you that you’re my forever in every way.”
“I don’t want to hurt you,” she whispered. “You won’t hurt me.” I raised her hand and kissed the back of it. “You’ve only saved me.”
“I want you, Honey Bee. I want to be with you every second that I can. But the only way I move in here is if I pay half of your mortgage.”
“Think about that, son. You aren’t your father. He robbed you of your childhood. Don’t give him your future too. Go be all the things that you want to be.”
“And who are you close to, Niko West?” “You, Honey Bee. Always you.”
“I’m all yours, Honey Bee. Always have been, always will be.”
“Only you, Honey Bee. I think you were mine the first time I met you. I think you’ve always been mine.” “And you’ve always been mine,”
Tragedy had a way of reminding you how precious life was. Reminding you about what mattered most. About what was most important. Love and family were everything.
“You’re my past, my present, and my future, Honey Bee. I promise to love you until I take my last breath and beyond.”
“I think I’ve loved you my whole life, Niko West. You’re my safe place, my heart, and my future. My hero, my prince, and my protector. And now I get to call you my husband—”
“I was already home. Home is anywhere I’m with you.”
Because Niko West was my husband, my best friend, and my forever.
