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"Doesn’t love like that just break your heart? You loved him and you lost him," Shiori said softly "Who wants that kind of forever pain?"

"I did I miss him every day But I see hione I would rather have that all-enco love for a short time than never have had it at all" She patted Shiori’s hand "Keep looking, Shiori-san You’ll find it Probably where you least expect it" Their mother stood and she focused on Ronin "Don’t waste another minute of your life without her You never kno et"

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

RONIN broke da to Amery’s He parked his motorcycle in the alley He rapped on the door four ti it Inside, he tossed his helmet aside and yelled, "Aht here, Ronin You don’t have to yell"

As soon as he reached the top, he yanked her body to his and kissed her

Either she’d cooled off or the kiss knocked the fight out of her because A his passion with equal zeal

He claainst the brick wall separating the bathroom from her bedrooain like you did tonight Never want to hear you say if we’re together We are together, and I want to make it per?"

He laughed "A little bit during our fa"

She blinked at him with confusion

"But the conversation with my mother and my sister led me to the realization that I don’t want to just live with you I want to ally, all that"

"Seriously, Ronin, have you lost your mind?"

"I lost you once, and that put ht because you were ht make me a selfish dick, but I don’t want you to have that So e fight, which we invariably will, you can slauest bedroom if you need time away from me" Ronin pushed a strand of hair from her cheek "But I want to walk down the hallway to hash things out, not across town And I’ll always come after you, Amery Always I will be your safe haven Because you’re already mine"

"Ua dia you to bediamond would be an indication of how ertips across her cheeks, strangely touched by her nervous babbling "The size of a diamond doesn’t indicate the size ofbecause my love for you knows no bounds"

Her eyes sith tears "I don’t care about the ring I just want you"

"You’ve gotand perfect; a silent promise In that moment he felt the shift between them It took every bit of Ronin’s willpower not to beat on his chest and snarl, Mine