Page 80 of Their Deviant Love

Letting go of Aurora, I take his hand and then pull him into a hug. “Thank you,” I tell him.

He made this possible. I don’t think I will ever be able to repay him for what he did to get me out of the life I was destined for. I know he did it for his daughter, but I’m thankful all the same.

They’re all here, her entire family. When Aurora said she needed tickets for everyone, I thought she was kidding. She wasn’t. Her response was that the Valentinos support each other, and I was one of them now. They’re here for her, not me. But as long as she’s happy, then so am I.

Over the past four years, Aurora has done what she said she would do. She’s been building up a business, designing and selling weapons. Legally. Her designs are amazing, and every product launch sells out within minutes. Now that I’m done with school, we are going to take her business global, on a much larger scale.

“Okay, you need to go and do whatever it is you need to do. We’re going to meet you back at the party,” Aurora tells me.

She has insisted I have every single college experience there was to do. Right down to frat parties. Which she escorted me to. After the first three, I looked at her and told her we weredone.Let’s go home and never do this again.She was more than happy to go along with that.

“Thank you.” I lean in and kiss her again, because I will always take any opportunity to kiss my wife. “I love you.” I whisper against her lips.

“I love you,” she says. “Go and take your photos, Mr. Harvard Graduate.”

My nose scrunches up. “I prefer the titleMr. Aurora Valentino.”

Once we were legally married, I told Aurora to keep her name. I didn’t want her having one that wasn’t mine to give her. I might be stuck with the name O’Malley, but she doesn’t need to be.

“Fuck it, you’re coming with me.” I don’t want to let go of her.

I take hold of her hand and drag her along behind me. If I have to suffer through college photos and shit, so does she. That’s what marriages are for. We do everything together. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

She told me that I woke her up, that I was her real-life Prince Charming. I think she got it wrong, though, because it was Aurora who saved me from a bleak existence. I’ve never felt more alive than when I’m with her.