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“What now?” she asked in a small, uncertain voice

“If you think for one second that we are over, you better reset youryou walk ten feet out of my life” He’d chase her to the ends of the earth if need be She wasn’t getting away from him Not now, not ever He loved her, and her place was by his side Always

Finally, a genuine sood because I need you so azed up at him “And I love you I’ve loved you most of my life I think I was born to love you, Copper Please don’t feel guilty about ain if I had to because they gave me Beth, kept you out of jail, and led us to each other”

She loved him

His knees buckled He didn’t deserve her There wasn’t a ood enough for her But he’d work toward deserving the coveted spot in her life

And he’d make damn sure his queen never had to choose to protect hiain

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

THE MOMENT THE adroan left Copper He dropped to his knees at her feet Iers went to work on the button of her jeans After he’d popped it open, doent the zipper

“Copper!” Shell swatted his busy hands “Wait, what are you…we have more to talk about—”

Her efforts were useless Those callused hands worked the denim over her hips, shoved her shirt above her breasts, then landed on her ass

“Copper, hold on a , they spanned her entire ass with an eye-crossing squeeze Why was she protesting this again?