Page 128 of Rejected By My Shifter Billionaire
I was crying too hard to manage speaking. All I could do was tug his hand, but it was enough. He rose to his full height in one fluid motion, and then he was pulling me into his arms, and as his lips covered mine—
“I love you.” I couldn’t stop crying even as I gave him the words that I had to hide in my heart for so, so many years.
Nicolo’s hands shook as he cupped my face. “I know I don’t deserve you,” he said hoarsely, “but let the whole world be my witness as I make my promise to you now. I will love you for the rest of my life.”
To hear such words from a man who didn’t have a single romantic bone in his body was just...
Oh, Nicolo!
As I surrendered myself into Nicolo’s kiss, I dimly heard Prince Alexei saying, “Ah, perfect timing, Ms. Bones. I’d like a word with you in my office. It seems you’ve landed yourself in hot water once again.”
“Am I going to get fired?” Ada asked in a small voice.
“If I can help it—absolutely yes.”
Epilogue
Iwas married.
To my stepbrother-slash-alpha.
My Nicolo who was also my perfect 98.7% compatibility match despite all the misunderstandings we had to overcome.
Nicolo Celestini, whom I had been in love with since I was eighteen years old...was finally my husband.
The wedding had been beautiful, and the guest list—as one society reporter put it—preternaturally star-studded. Even Prince Alexei himself had deigned to attend, his presence causing a ripple of whispers and stunned stares that the Atlantean royalty didn’t even seem to notice.
All of that felt distant now, with my husband having entered our honeymoon suite, and only at this moment did I realize...
It was finally happening.
This night I had secretly dreamed of for years.
Nicolo Celestini was going to make me his...or at least that was the plan, if I could just prevent my brain from short-circuiting with overthinking.
“You look nervous, Maryah.”
His tone was gentle, but no way was I buying it.
“Ha.”
I wasn’t his former stepsister for nothing, you know.
“You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?”
His gaze gleamed. “Perhaps.”
Hmph.
I planted my hands on my hips in an attempt to show him just how serious I was. “I’ve been reading up on human and preter bonds. There are factors to consider—”
“I agree.”
He definitely has something planned if he says that.
“And that’s why—”
Gasp!
