Page 54 of Earn Me

Really?

"I fell in love with you."

Keiran...lovedher?

"And I never stopped," Keiran said rawly. "I thought I did. When I thought I hated you. But even that was a mistake, and I...I know I don't deserve to be forgiven for that either. I didn't even know I was putting you through hell. You have every right to hate me, but I just...I can't let you go, Cadence. I love you. I willalways—-"

Keiran didn't get to finish, with Cadence throwing herself into his arms with such force that they both nearly fell.

His arms closed around her automatically as he lost their balance. They tumbled onto the soft grass, with Keiran making sure he landed on his back and Cadence on top of him.

"Cadence?"

She gazed down at him, and her heart ached upon seeing how her husband—-her husband!—-was still ashen with fear.

"I love you, Keiran," she said, her voice steady despite the tears still glistening on her cheeks. "So, so much."

His kiss was desperate, filled with all the words he couldn't say. When he finally pulled back, Cadence could see the wetness in his own eyes, though he would never admit to tears.

Keiran rolled her to her back, and her tears fell faster at the way his hand shook as he touched her cheek. "I was sure I had lost you."

She shook her head as she covered his hand with hers. "Not possible." Her voice caught. "B-Because I think I know the truth now. I was born to be yours."

Epilogue

ONE MONTH LATER

Cadence slipped through the back door of the Harbour Locke Country Club. Technically, she could enter the place any way she wanted. Keiran, after all, had purchased this as his belated wedding gift to her.

But...it was still something she had a hard time wrapping her head around, and so she ended up tiptoeing around the place and...

"Good morning, Mrs. de Laigny."

Cadence quickly summoned a smile when a member caught sight of her. "G-Good morning."

Would she ever get used to people talking to her so...respectfully?

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