Page 114 of Corrupt Me

He silences me with another kiss. “I’m yours, even if you stop wanting me.”

That will never happen, but his assurance warms my chest. I cuddle myself to him, and as he wraps his arms around me and caresses along my back, I fall asleep.

He peppers sweet kisses along my face, and I groan, not wanting to leave my dreamy cocoon. With my head on his shoulder and him brushing a strand of hair from my face, he gently turns my protests into moans.

“Or we could just keep flying, love. You don’t have to wake up just yet.”

“Don’t forget about us, Romeo,” Blake says, and I open my eyes to see the girls grinning at me as they step out of the plane and walk toward the cars parked in the hangar. “We’ve been summoned to the estate. We’ll meet you there.”

Hunter flips him the bird, and I say, “It’s okay. We can fly somewhere else once we catch Felix.”

For the second time in my life, hope leads me. Together, we’ll overcome anything. I trust him with my heart. He has all of it anyway—that delicate organ is his to take care of, but also his to destroy. I survived all that neglect my parents inflicted on me, but I’d rather die than go through that with Hunter.

“Hey, love, what’s wrong?” Hunter asks when we pull into the compound a short while later and he parks the car.

“I am just afraid…”

“Of fucking who?” he asks, taking on a warrior stance. He’d slay all my demons, interior or exterior.

“Of this between us…”

His expression softens as he holds my face in his hands, leaning his forehead on mine and breathing me in. He doesn’t seem to mind that the others are waiting for us.

“I am terrified of this between us, too, Bailey. But nothing and no one could keep me from being with you. For a long time, I have wandered around lost, trying to find a place and a purpose. I found both in you. There’s no one else but you for me.”

A loud bang of a fist slamming into the side of the car has me jumping back while Hunter curses under his breath.

“These egotistical assholes,” he grumbles.

I giggle as we climb out.

“Not one fucking word from either of you,” Hunter says, asking me if I am okay.

“Ah, so there is an exception, huh?” Dane chuckles.

“Yes, and it’s just her.”

“He’s in love,” Mia sighs contentedly, and I feel the tips of my ears warm.

“Now, with that piece of garbage dealt with, which place would you consider home?” Abi asks him.

“Home is not a place, it’s a person in my case.”

“Aww,” the girls swoon, and the guys glare at him.

“What, assholes? I’m sure it’s no different for you.”

“True,” Kaden says, each gazing at their respective women.

Surrounded by family, I can’t help but stop and embrace the wholesome moment.

Climbing the stairs of the estate, Samuel welcomes us in. Cassandra is standing in the foyer with arms crossed and an arched brow. It’s obvious that she’s angry with us. She stalks toward her office without a word, and we follow her.

“Ma’am, I’m sorry we worried you, but I needed to do that,” I say, thinking I need to take full accountability.

“Consider yourselves lucky that nothing happened to you. You’re all dismissed for now.” She thrusts a finger at the door, and we trudge out one after the other.

“I hated seeing my mom like that,” Celine says once outside.

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