Page 122 of Cruel Revenge

Clearing my throat, I stare deeper into her eyes, needing to see the truth there. “Sky, do you regret saving me?”

She lifts her head, her gaze burning mine, and cups my face in her hands. “I would choose you a thousand times over.”

A breath of relief flows through me.

Her lips brush against mine in the softest kiss, like she’s terrified of hurting me. Or maybe waiting for me to send her away again.

She shouldn’t be afraid to touch me.

I’ve been an asshole, but it will never happen again.

I won’t hurt her. Not again. Ever.

And she needs to know that I’m never letting her go.

Her voice is soft and warm as she pulls back and looks up at me. “This is the problem with loving you.”

My heart races as butterflies explode in my stomach.

She loves me… She just said she loves me.

Will I scare her if I make a big deal of it?

Probably. Better play it cool.

“What’s that?”

“You make me weak and strong at the same time, and I don’t know which I like more.” She runs her fingers along the side of my face. “You see me in a way that nobody else ever has, and it scares me at times because I don’t think anyone else is ever going to see me that way again.”

“I’ve always seen you.” I pull her into my lap, careful not to jostle her leg, ignoring the pain that rips through my body.

Right now, I need to hold her more than I need anything else.

“Look, I know you want this to be over. But despite all the shit that’s gone on between us, I can’t walk away from you. I don’t want to. I would rather spend every single day with you, hunting our enemies to the ends of the earth, than spend a single second without you again.” She blinks the tears from her eyes. “I never thought that I would fall for you the way I have, but if there’s onething that this entire experience has taught me, it’s that I love you endlessly.”

I’ve never felt this… happiness? Is that what this is?

I stare at her for a moment before cupping the back of her head and pulling her in for a kiss.

Our lips mold together like we were made for each other.

I lose myself in her, pouring everything I feel and don’t know how to say into the kiss.

We press together, lips moving, tongues tangling until we’re both out of breath.

And when she pulls back and looks down at me with nothing but love shining in her eyes, I fall harder.

“I’m not leaving you. Ever.” I trace my fingers over her jaw and down the side of her neck, feeling her pulse and making sure that she’s right there, her heart still beating, her blood still pumping through her veins. “I don’t know when I started falling for you. Don’t know when I started loving you, but I do. So much. And I’m never going to stop.”

Skyla smiles and kisses me again. “How are you really feeling?”

“Like hell.” I kiss the corner of her mouth. “Grady is dead. Zoe killed him. She’s taking over his operation, which means that everything I’ve worked for is going up in flames.”

Skyla shifts off my lap to sit beside me, her fingers linking with mine. “We’re going to figure that out together. We can rebuild, bigger and better than before.”

I chuckle and lift her hand to my mouth, kissing the back of it. “I don’t know how we’re going to do that, but I appreciate your faith.”

“You don’t need to worry about that. My family might be pissed at us right now, but they’re still our family, and they’re still going to fight like hell to make sure that we succeed.”

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