Page 75 of Bound

His words coated my body, bleeding into me as our eyes held each other, and the world around us faded away.

“You may speak from you heart,” he said, as his gaze settled on my face.

Stroking her fingers, I smiled. “Before you I was no one. I was a lost boy, a man without a purpose. But when I found you, you changed me instantly. All I wanted was to protect you, to love you, to give you the world in the palm of your hand.” Dropping to one knee, I cupped my hands around her belly and kissed our unborn child. Standing back up, I scooped her face in my hands as I spoke. “I love you, I'll always love you. I can feel you in every piece of my body, it's like you're a shade of me, and without you I'd be half of a person. You're in my heart forever, you're the love of my life.”

Emery's eyes were glossy as she sniffled and wiped her cheeks. Her smile was endless as it reached from ear to ear. Glancing up at the sky, she lowered her gaze to mine. “I can't imagine what my life was like before you, and I don't want to. You're a part of me, you belong to me. I'm yours and you're mine. And this child, this child is a creation of us. I want to grow old with you, I want to share laughs and tears. All I want is forever with you. I love you.”

Lifting her hands to cover mine, I leaned in and brushed the tip of my nose against hers. Emery bit her lower lip, and that was it, I kissed her. I kissed her with all the emotions I had finally freed.

I kissed my wife, the mother of my child, the love of my life.

We weren't just two people getting married, we were a family binding our lives together as one.

One heart.

One love.

One life.

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