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“Smart move,” Ava whispers

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p; “You’re here,” Hart whispers

“And I brought a friend” Ava waves, and Fiona appears in the hall beside her

“When I said I wanted Yoon for Christmas, sis, I didn’t want him this bad” Fiona’s eyes water, and Hart holds out her arerly “Please don’t scare us like that again”

“I’ll do my best, kiddo,” Hart promises Fiona pulls back “So Yoon, this is my sister, Fiona, and my best friend, Ava Guys, this is my boyfriend, Yoon”

“You have so rin

“Boyfriend?” Fiona squeals

I nod, proud to hear her claim me properly for the first time

“If you can deliver presents like this, I want a million dollars,” Ava says playfully

A YEAR LATER

I hold Hart close as we leave the courtroo our heads loade through the both got guilty verdicts—her atteree, and him in conspiracy to commit murder The emails and texts between the, and he wanted to take the one thing from me I’d always miss, my heart Justice is served, but it doesn’t take away the pain and anguish Hart went through as she recovered He mental complications were far worse and trickier to heal than as done to her body She’d taken a while to get coer her fight or flight reflex It was a tough ti, we’d coer

Slipping inside, we both relax as the car pulls away from the curb

“Finally, we caninto my side

“I feel the exact sa for this day for plenty of reasons “I arranged so special for us”