I give him a playful scowl.
And he smiles, but his expression quickly turns serious. “I want you to be my issue. And I want to be yours. I want you to be my everything. And I want to be your everything.” His hand lifts to my face, cupping it. “I want a life with you, Daisy. Try again with me, please. Just say yes. Just tell me you still love me and say yes.”
Pressing my cheek into his hand, I close my eyes, reveling in the feel of him. I already know my decision. I knew it the moment I turned around and saw him standing there.
I open my eyes and smile. “I still love you, Kas. And, yes. Yes, a million times over.”
His face breaks out into the biggest and most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen. Then, his lips are on mine, and he’s kissing me. I never want him to stop.
And, now, I know he will never stop. Because he’s here to stay.
It wasn’t our time before. But it’s our time now.
I once thought of Kas and me as totally unsuitable for one another. We were unsuitable.
But, now, we’re perfect.
Okay, well, maybe not perfect.
He’s killed in revenge. Killed for me. And I shot a man dead.
But we’re perfect for each other, and that’s all that matters.
He breaks our kiss, breathing heavily. “So, Thessa’s.” He nods his head toward the front of the shop. “Does that have anything to do with Thessaloníki?” he says with a touch of accent to that sexy voice, making my lady bits perk up. “Or is it just a coincidence?”
A blush covers my face. I lower my eyes. “I just wanted something to remember you by,” I whisper. “Something to remind me that you were real.”
He tips my chin up with his fingers, bringing my eyes to his. “I’m real, babe. And I’m here to stay. I’m never leaving you again.”
And I know he means it.
“I’m never letting you go,” I tell him right before his lips fall back to mine.
I slide my hands up into his hair, and he moans a sweet sound.
He wraps his arms around me, pulling me closer to him until there’s no space between us at all. And I go willingly.
I fall back into him, back into the only place I was ever meant to be.
In Kas’s arms. Where I plan on staying for the rest of my life.