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“Mhm.” Cason buckled his seat belt before taking hold of my hand again. It seemed he couldn’t touch me enough either. “Now when y’all go out for drinks, I won’t be worrying about him trying to steal you away.”

“Good.” I started the engine and backed out of the parking lot. “Jay and I might have a history, but we’re different now.I’mdifferent. Because of you.”

“Ah, I didn’t do anything special.”

Jay’s words played over in my head. I not only felt different on the inside, but it showed on the outside as well. Cason had helped me more than he could ever realize. I wasn’t the angry man I used to be. And while our relationship had caused a huge falling-out with Ryan, it had also brought us closer together afterward.

Almost like everything had to be destroyed in order to be rebuilt with a better foundation.

“Are you okay?” I asked, catching him staring out the window with a blank expression.

“Yeah,” he answered, giving me a tight smile before looking at the park we drove past. “I was just thinking about the bench I usually sit on when I’m struggling with something. I haven’t had to go for a while.” He rested his head back on the seat and smiled over at me. “You’ve helped me too, you know. Before you, I never knew what it was like to truly love someone and be loved in return.”

My eyes stung and a lump wedged in my throat. Certain my voice would shake if I responded, I squeezed his hand and focused on the road. When we got to my place, I intended to worship him—to kiss every inch of his incredible body and erase any doubts in his mind of how much I loved him.

I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Cason by my side. He made me feel alive. Happier than I’d ever been.

The journey getting to this point had been a rough one filled with many ups and downs. There’d been moments when I hadn’t known if it would all end in flames. But there we were, hand in hand and smiling at the amazing life we were living.

And I couldn’t wait to see where that life took us next.

The End