Never Look Back (Redemption Hills, #3)

by A.L. Jackson

“It’s not a gift, Logan, it’s a burden.”

“No, Little Star. Don’t you get it? You are wort...

“You’re going to ruin me.”

Logan sighed in their direction. “Cock blockers.”

“Well…goodnight,”

“Not so fast.”

“I think we have some unfinished business.”

Then he turned and walked into his bedroom. And I was the fool who followed.

“Little Star. One tiny star hidden in a vast cosmos. The only one I can see.”

“Our worlds have always been against us.”

“Then let’s burn it down.”

“No, Aster, I don’t want to punish you. I want to give you the world. I want to chase down every dream you’ve ever had and give it to you. Kill everything that threatens it. I want to fuck you. I want to keep you. I want to feed you and love you and protect you. I want to live for you, Little Star.”

I held her there, whispering, “You’re mine. You’re mine.” I was going to keep saying it until she understood it.

She had to learn to trust this. To trust me. And how would I ever fully trust her if she never stayed?

We were always supposed to be together. We just got lost along the way.

Because that’s exactly what she is. My life.”

“And don’t even think about taking off, Aster. There’s no use in hiding from me. I’ll just come and find you.”

“But what if I get you into trouble?”

“Do I look like the kind of guy who cares?”

Because loving someone this much? It always fucking hurt.

“I love you, Logan Lawson. I love you. I am yours. Today, tomorrow, and yesterday. Forever. I’m yours.” Logan growled. Soul deep. “Say it back,” I whispered as my hands curled tighter. “Say it back.” Those eyes raced my face, tracing every inch. His voice became a rasp of conviction.

“You think I don’t love you, Aster Rose? You are the very meaning of it. You are the one who taught me what it meant.”

“I love you, Aster. I love you with this heart that had forgotten how to beat. Not until it remembered you. It belongs to you, Aster. All of it. It always has.”

“Never look back, Aster. Never look back. From here, from this point on, it is you and me. Nothing else matters. Do you understand me?”

“We fight together. We live together. We love forever.”

“You might be mine, but you, Little Star, own me.”

“You can let me go, you know.”

“Nope, I can’t. You’re stuck with me now.”

“Love him. Love him right. Love him whole. Because he fucking loves you with everything he’s got, and he’s willing to give it all.”

“Come here,”

“What, you want to find me, too?”

“Oh, Little Star, no matter where you go, I will always find you.”