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He nodded “I should have listened to you I should always listen to you You ine my life without you Please, don’t make me,” he said softly; his eyes vulnerable as he waited for her next move

She looked up at hi tiether, he reminded her of adventure; of the risk and reward that co a chance Somehow, in all of the wild moments she’d had in her life… all of the most notable ones had happened with Malik

He sether He looked up at her as if to say ‘whoops’ and began untwisting his fingers, but A in closer to him

Malik’s thick, dark hair prickled against her fingers as she worked her free hand up the back of his head They stared at each other in silence with a feeling that needed no utterance or declaration

He stared at her eyes and then her lips He leaned in closer, pausing before reaching her lips, feeling her breath ghosting over his uests burst into cheers and claps

“I can’t be without you, either,” she said softly, kissing him once more “I love you so much, Malik”

Her heart spun with joy; he had ht, and she could once again believe that the good heart she’d seen all along was real This was the man she fell in love with

Malik’s eyes filled with tears and he se and finding his faiveto you, to all of you, just so I could pursue…” he chewed his lip before finally affirer want All that I want is standing right here next to me; the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with”

Sadira wiped the tears from her eyes and embraced her son Aoodness in Malik like nobody else

Malik sed hard, grabbing Zafina’s hands at the saive me?” he asked sincerely as his mother backed away from hiain, “Will you all forgiveso unworthy?”

Zafina wiped away a single tear, nodding silently and giving her brother a proud srabbed his son by the shoulders and nodded towards hiive you, son I think the more important question is, can Amie?”

Malik turned back to A down on both knees before her “AhtIt would only ever be for you that I would ive me”

A down her face “Of course,” she said “Now, get up here”

“There’s just oneinvolved, don’t worry,” he chuckled and tapped his nose “A together in love and life, for all of eternity?”

She blinked at hi with joy “W-what?”

“Oh, Aht way this time?”

She grabbed Malik’s hand and pulled, gesturing for him to stand back up

“Yes!” She shouted “Yes, yes, yes!”

Her rown between the in the gardens to no music at all, the way he spoiled her with affection, the way his whispers at the theater had made her feel truly cared for Still, these see coether; the first night she had found hi black and whitelove