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His eyes widened “Wait… you didn’t mean it?”

“I meant every word, but since when do you listen to me or anyone else?”

“I listen when it counts”

My chest tightened as I thought about how serious he got when he needed to protect ht he had to prove how much he loved me “You do”

“So I told you I had a wedding present for you”

“You really don’t have to givepart of your fa”

Devil waved his hand as if that didn’t matter

“You know I don’t care about that, right? I love spoiling you, giving you things,your life exactly what you want it to be”

“And you know none of that is necessary, but I love it anyway”

“I’ll have you expecting to be pampered one of these days”

“You still haven’t told me what you’ve done”

“I’d rather show you”

“Do you kno nervous you’reme?”

Devil grinned

“You’re going to love it”

“Then why did you need to preface it with—”

Devil turned into a driveway In front of us was my dream house, one I would have picked if ht I’d have No cop could have a house like it unless he was on the take “What are we doing here?”

Devil suess?”

I looked froain “You didn’t”

“Welcome home”