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“Now, let me get my rest. I’ll be seeing you soon.”

Isabella perches on the edge of the bed and carefully gives him a hug.

As I carry her to the door, Drago coughs, and I stop.

“And Declan, if you hurt her, I’ll kill you with my bare hands.”

Declan’s jaw ticks, and he spins to face him again.

“Trust me, if I ever hurt her, I’ll deserve your wrath, and I’ll take it gladly.”

Drago laughs, and I relax.

“Just teasing. I needed to gauge your reaction. You passed the test.”

Declan chuckles, and I usher him out of the door in front of me.

“I think you two will get on just fine,” I tell him as he picks Isabella out of my arms and she snuggles into his side.

“Finn and Conan actually suggested the idea. So with the three of you all being Team Drago, I knew he had to be a goodguy. I knew that anyway, after all he’s done for you, it’s the least I can do.”

I go up on my tiptoes and press a kiss on his jaw.

“I love you, Declan.”

“I wanna see Uncle Finn and Conan.” Isabella pouts, and my chest swells.

She’s got everything she needs in this life.

She is safe and loved, and I couldn’t ask for anything else.

And now, three uncles who won’t ever leave her side.

A lucky girl.

And so am I.

Chapter 107

DECLAN

“Bye, Uncle Finn! Bye, Conan!” Isabella beams, waving like she’s the star of her own show.

“Hey! You forgot something!” Conan shouts after her.

She pauses, lips puckering into a pout. Then her eyes go wide with mischief.

“Oh. Uncle Cool Conan.”

“There you go.”

He sticks out his tongue as Finn shoots him a glare. Charlotte grabs my face and plants a kiss right on my mouth, messy, unapologetic, hers.

“I’ll put her to bed and meet you in the library. One hour?” she whispers, breath tickling my skin.

“Good girl. I need to read what you’ve been writing.”

Her cheeks flush, the color rising up her neck. I let my hand rest on her ass, firm and familiar over the cling of that black and purple sundress.Fuck, I need her beneath me again. Bent over. Breathless.

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