The gleam in her eyes suggested she’d been hoping I’d say yes. It made me giddy, my heart beating so fast I thought she’d be able to feel it.
“I’ll stay in Grandbay with you, Gavin.”
“Good. Because I’m not about to let you go any time soon.”
She chuckled and kissed my cheek.
Nobody gave me butterflies like she did. The feeling was indescribable, she had gone from fearing me—making me disgusted in myself for how vicious I was—to laying beneath me, kissing me, reciprocating the subtle rhythm between our hips. There were times I felt I didn’t deserve someone as pure as Billie, even now; but I wanted to prove that I’d be a better person with her. She was my fated mate for a reason. She possessed everything I didn’t: sincerity, grace, tenderness. I never would have admitted it, but I wa
