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We finished dinner at the restaurant then walked out into the winter air The frigid temperature struckblack coat to protect h boots were onmy skin to my knees My stomach arm from the wine and hot food, so that acted as an extra buffer frohttime chill

Griffin had his arm around his Vanessa as we reached the sidewalk In a black blazer with a V-neck on underneath, he didn’t look like the psycho badass who had ink all over his body The only thing visible noas the black ink on his left hand—his vow of eternal love

He took off his jacket and ih she was in a long-sleeved black cotton dress Her baby bump was noticeable, even when she wore all black

“I’m not cold,” she said quietly to him as the jacket sat on her shoulders

“Don’t care” He wrapped it around her and stood behind her, keeping the jacket secure around her body as his hand moved to her bump His hands were enornant belly with just a single palm

She rolled her eyes, but the love ritten all over her face Her annoyance wasn’t real, and right before my eyes, she fell in love with him even deeper

Seeing theether only convinced me of what I wanted someday I wanted a passionate love like theirs, a man who loved me so much that he would die for me—a thousand times And I wanted a man I would take a bullet for—because I couldn’t live without hi new people every weekend But now that I’d witnessed their love, I was starting to crave so you just found on the street corner—it found you My tiht not be for years

“That bulow in the height of winter “I can’t wait until we have another little Barsetti running around”

She rested her hand on his as she leaned against him “Me too”

Griffin kissed her on the cheek “I love this buet the car” He never cared about his overwhel public display of affection for her, even in front of her family

But that only made me like him more

Vanessa stepped closer tohis jacket wrapped around her “Dinner was nice”

“The bread they have here is the best I was on a date here last weekend, and I ate the whole basket by myself”

Vanessa chuckled “What did the guy think?”