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Jensen’s now wife had been stalked at one point.

“Thanks, brother,” Jakob said.

With that, he left them alone.

“I’m going to turn down the lights.”

“You don’t have to stay.”

“Yes, I do.”

She thought back to what Emily had said.

“Jake?”

“Yes, love?”

“Did we really profess our love to each other before everyone?”

His mouth twitched as he returned to the bed after shutting off the overhead lights. “Yes, we did. I’m sure he will yell at me once your brother deals with everything.”

Her brother had stopped by, but he had been forced to leave her to go identify Royal’s body.

“Who cares?”

“You do. You love Ben.”

“Yes, but I choose you.”

He moved to sit in the chair, but she shook her head. She scooted over, thankful she was no longer nauseous. He joined her on the bed.

“If you were wondering, I will always choose you, Lani. Any day of the week, any condition.”

Tears filled her eyes as she snuggled closer. Even after everything that had happened in the last week—hell, even considering what happened today—she was happy. They weren’t perfect, and she didn’t know exactly where they would go from this point, but they had each other.

In the quiet of her hospital bed, she drifted off with Jakob’s arms wrapped tight around her.

Epilogue

Three weeks later

“So, what do you think?” Jakob asked as they stood on the lanai of his new home.

He’d decided to pick an area closer to Honolulu since he would be filming there. Also, he thought, he couldn’t get over the view. He’d found the house by chance in the Manoa Woodlawn area of Honolulu. It was a bit cooler in the hills and boasted a ton of acreage—not that common for the region. It was also off the beaten path. Not a lot of celebrities lived in this particular area.

There had been a lot of changes over the last three weeks. The hospital had released Lani the day after the shooting. He had done everything he could to force her to rest, but she had been crafty. She’d convinced him she needed him near her to rest. She ended up seducing him—not that it was that hard to do.

Rick had pleaded guilty. He had made noises about fighting it, but it was easy enough to recover Royal’s second phone. She hadn’t erased any of their conversations. Messages were going back at least four years on that phone. California and Australiawere also investigating, and Jakob was sure various other charges would come soon.

Sienna was currently being observed, tested, and interviewed. According to the DA, she would probably be found noncompetent. Rick had not been the first celebrity she had obsessed over, but he had been the only one she’d ended up dating. Her long history of mental breaks would probably give credence to the not guilty due to the insanity verdict. He heard that she was still asking for Rick.

“I like it,” Lani said. “A lot. I told you that when we looked at it the first time.”

And now came the uncomfortable part. His palms were sweaty, his head and heart were pounding, and his throat was closing up.

“Could you see yourself living here?”

She glanced over at him, holding onto her hair. The trades were insane today, but he liked it when they whipped her hair about.

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