Page 220 of Plunge into Obsession

And his job was so dangerous.

So dangerous.

“Memento mori,” he said.

“I don’t know what that means.”

“Remember you must die.” He shrugged. “It’s something my father always said to me. He might have been a bastard, but at least he accomplished something. He made sure I always remembered his lessons. The good and the bad.”

I cupped his face. “I don’t want you to die.”

My tears were coming harder now.

“Hush now, love,” he said, skimming his lips over mine. “I won’t die. Who would protect you and our child if I died?”

A possessive glint overtook his eyes.

He pressed another, harder kiss against my lips.

“No. I will live. In spite of all the fuckers out there, I will live to keep you safe. It has become my sole objective in life.”

“P-promise?” I asked.

He smiled. “I vow it.”

He rested his head back on my chest.

It took a while for the shakes to return. Then the tears. And more tears.

I couldn’t seem to stop myself from crying.

Lucinda…

She had been my best friend.

She was the woman I had spent years trying to find. Years of praying and crying.

And this…

This was the ending for us?

Never in a million years did I think this would have been the outcome.

Gabriel sat up, and once he saw the sorrow in my eyes, he flipped us around and drew me into his strong embrace.

And he held onto me while I grieved for a friendship that should have never been.

“Please, hold me tighter,” I begged.

He held me tighter. “I got you.”

I nodded. “You got me.”

“I got you, and I am never letting you go.”

I closed my eyes and took comfort in his words.

That was all I could ask for.

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