Present Day
Kaitlin’s POV
“I didn’t want that to be how I marked you Angel,” he whispered, and I felt him skip a breath. I nuzzled in deeper into his chest.
“I am so sorry for everything I have put you through. Sorry for making you have to tell me you would walk away.” He gripped me tighter and I was fighting to stay conscious for this. “You deserve the best of me and I promise I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you.” He whispered and I couldn’t fight it any more.
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Crickets were chirping and I could feel myself rising and falling, strange. I opened my eyes to see myself lying on Ben’s chest. Ah, that explains it. His hand was tangled in my hair and the other wrapped around my waist, holding me to him as we laid asleep on the ground.
I closed my eyes and inhaled bef
