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“Ever?” she cut in

“Until you have proven yourself to be a responsible adult,” he finished, barely recognizing himself in his oords But if this hat it took to keep the bloody little fool safe from herself, then so be it

She let out an irow so pompous?”

“When I fell in love with you!” he practically roared Or he would have, if they hadn’t been in the le ossip

“You…You…You what?”

Herlittle oval, but Gareth was too far gone to appreciate the effect “I love you, you idiot wo like a , what she had reduced him to He couldn’t remember the last time he’d lost his tery that he could barely speak

Except for her, of course

He ground his teeth together “You are the —”

“But—”

“And you never knohen to stop talking, but God help me, I love you, anyway,—

“But, Gareth—”

“And if I have to tie you to the damned bed just to keep you safe from yourself, as God is my witness, that is what I’ll do”

“But Gareth—”

“Not a word Not a single bloody word,” he said, wagging his finger toward her in an extremely impolite er stuck into a point, and after a few jerkyhis hands to his hips

She was staring at hie and filled onder Gareth couldn’t tear his gaze away as she slowly rose to her feet and closed the distance between them