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He sed hard Hers, absolutely But he couldn’t say it just yet, not when he needed to one okay with Joyce “How did things go with your mother?”

That playful light in her eyes di him it had been a difficult conversation “As well as could be expected, considering she didn’t see ”

He laughed, i with her shorter hairstyle “Tell me what happened”

“Well, in a nutshell, and in a short period of time, I pretty much took control of my career Anda few inches “I cancelled er and told her that she needed to figure out what made her happy, because I knew exactly what made me happy”

“Yeah?” His heart pounded erratically, hopefully “And what’s that?”

“Writing songs Cutting and producing albums Maybe a few private perfor up to hi, “And you”

He groaned, and, reaching up, he brought her hand to his mouth so he could kiss her palm “Raevynnyou need to know I love you Soyou I should have told you before you got out of my car at the hotel so there weren’t any doubts in your mind, but I didn’t want you to make any decisions about what you needed to do for your career based on being tied to me”

Her blue eyes softened “I never doubted how you felt about ht not have said the words while ere at the beach house, but I felt them, to the depths of my soul And the choices I made about my career are for me You’re just a bonus A very hot, sexy one Whatever it takes, I want to make us work”

“We will,” he promised, and pressed his forehead to hers “II kneas best and letting you go, but you need to know that, going forward, I will fight to the death for you You’re mine Always and forever I want to row old with you”

“Yes,” she breathed against his lips “I love you, Collin Donovan Always have Alill You’rewho rescued me from my ivory tower You’re my happily ever after”

He grinned “Mmm I like the sound of that”

And like any good prince, he swept her up into his arms and carried her to the bedroom They had seven years of lost time to make up for, and Collin vowed that every day she’d kno much he loved her