Page 75 of Breaking Point (IceHawks #1)

Bella

LAYLA

what’s today my beautiful best friend?

BELLA

today is a better day

M y heart is beating erratically as the letter shakes in my hand.

He told her that he was in love with me?

But that was months before he told me.

My head lifts to find Grayson patting Bambi, his face locked on the house with his brows furrowed slightly, probably concerned about why I haven’t joined them.

My god, this man…

I don’t have to think anymore, don’t have any doubts. Not after reading that.

Rushing from the room, I take the steps two at a time, my chest heaving slightly as I make my way outside and take a seat beside Grayson. A small smile lines his cheeks, that lone dimple making an appearance.

Bambi lifts her head toward me, assessing.

Before I lose my nerve, I blurt out, “I’m ready.”

He frowns, and the look of confusion is both admirable and adorable. “Ready for what? ”

“To start living again.” My voice is a hoarse whisper. “With you.”

Grayson blinks before a full-blown smile stretches across his face, and the happiness that radiates from him knocks the breath from me. Before I know it, Grayson is tackling me to the ground, placing his weight atop mine and caging my head between his arms, his lips a breath from mine.

“Say it,” he whispers.

I look into his eyes, into the joy and vulnerability in them, and confess, “I love you, Grayson Crawford.”

The words have barely left my mouth before Grayson is bringing my lips to his in the most fiery passionate kiss.

My heart utterly melts as Grayson pulls back, that smile still firmly on his swollen lips as he says with his entire heart and soul, “I’m yours, Bella. I’m wholeheartedly yours.”

“And I’m yours,” I whisper.