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“And I’d do it again and again”

“Why?” Her voice was so fragile and nearly a whisper

“Because you deserve it You deserve to be protected, loved, and cared for You deserve to know just how valuable you are” It all felt so easy to say, now that I let e war on her face ht for the rest of her life, if that hat it took

Bellamy took a deep breath and took a step back froht around her, her wet hair dripping down her back, her makeup washed off, and I had never found her ht then

“So what now? What do we do now?” she asked

“We leave the Oleander the h And then we go home—to , we sit doith your ure out the finances I plan to fix it and ht”

“I can’t ask that of you,” she whispered, still blinking in disbelief “I knoas the plan whena Belle, but—”

“It’s an easy fix for me And I want to do it Not just because I can, or because I feel it’s part of the deal of the Initiation, but because I want to I genuinely want to Yourto be part of h I’m not happy with the fact that she put you in this situation, and I have sos on how she’s treated you, she is still your ton This is an easy fix”

I took her hand and led her to the bathrooan to dress

“So what’s a hard fix?” she asked, laughing like she could still hardly believe everything that was happening as she pulled a dress over her head “You’ve mentioned easy fix a few times, which leads me to think there’s a hard one”

“Yes, we have a few challenges ahead” I began packing, not wanting to be in this rooer than need be

“You ether?”

I laughed loudly “I think we’ve proven we kno to live together” I gave her a wink before adding, “No, we have a very large challenge ahead of us, and I worry if we’ll survive it”

She stopped and stared at me with concern all over her face “What?”

I crossed the room and took her hands in , and I have a feeling that between you and your ht be a Bridezilla”