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"Right," he said with an ao"

"I gave her ti away I can’t sit still without feeling like I’anything so I don’t think about her And if I sit there for any arab my keys But I only ever make it to my car before I talkmyself out of it I want to be there I want to show her e had, and to fight for ain"

"And that’s me," he assuot the best of both of you"

Dad’s s softer, and for a second, his eyes welled up before he was able to blink the tears away "That has to be the best thing I’ve ever heard co his throat, he took a deep breath and studied ht?"

"Hell no I need to go to her" I heard a voice call rabbed , old man"

Dad pushed me back and took a few steps away "I don’t think you’re about to get your chance to--"

"Lia as a wall slammed into me from behind and almost knocked me over I stumbled forward a few steps, and quickly understood why my dad had backed up A pair of slender, tattooed ars wrapped aroundon to the arms I kneell, I helped her slide down, and turned to face htest eyes

"Kennedy--"

"I’m in love with you!" she blurted out, and her smile seemed to widen

I shookI hadn’t heard her correctly

"I love you!" Her chest fell and rose with her heavy breaths, and she seeround "I love you, and I’m sorry I never told you that before I’ to realize it, and I’m so damn sorry I didn’t tell you about--"

I cut her off by crushinghell, Kennedy, tell ainst her lips before kissing her again

She laughed and pressed her hands against my chest so she could lean back "Not a drearowled as I captured her mouth "Rhys?"

"I still need to talk to him I’ve knohat my decision would be for a couple weeks noell, I’ve known since you walked out of et to know Rhys again so I could give him a chance in the last couple weeks I was so worried that I would do so that I hadn’t been able to voice ht for me"

My lips curved up in a slow smile, and I shook my head in amazement "I told you, Moon One day you would claim me as yours"

Her eyes narrowed playfully "I still haven’t done that"

"You’re about to," I assured her, and faintly brushed my lips over hers "You are mine, Kennedy Ryan"