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I wrap my arm around her and kiss the top of her head. “Me too, princess.”

“That was the most thrilling experience of my life,” she says, moving closer against me.

I grin thinking about it all. When news breaks and we are thrown into the spotlight, things are going to change, but for the better.

My plans going forward are huge and they all include Leah. I want her to live with me. I want to run a shop together. I want to give Leah everything she’s ever wanted. If that include marriage and kids, I’d do it for this girl.

She doesn’t know yet, but she will soon. Believing I lost her proved that I can’t survive without her. I don’t want to survive without her. I will never make that mistake again. I will never let her walk away.

“Tell me your biggest dream,” I say, looking down at her.

She smiles and looks up at me with those clear brown eyes. “I’m living it.”

I pull her onto my lap and kiss her, digging my fingers into her ass. “I’m going to give you more, princess. I’m going to make sure you wake up every day with that beautiful smile on your gorgeous face.”

She leans forward and presses her lips to mine. “I have my friends, Inkify, and you. I don’t need anything more.”

I laugh and raise an eyebrow. “What about your own bathroom?”

She laughs and sighs dramatically. “Okay, you got me there. That would be a dream come true.”

I smile and kiss her cheek. “We’ll make it happen.”

“Oh yeah?” she asks, running his fingers through my hair.

“Princess, I’d have you move in with me tonight if I thought you would, but I’m willing to wait until we find a place with two bathrooms,” I say, smiling.

She laughs that contagious laugh and my pulse races. “Deal.”

I kiss her hard as I hold her tightly against me.

This girl is my world. My everything.

I always wanted more, but I didn’t think I’d find it in the woman who drove me crazy. But here I am completely in love and happier than I’ve ever been.

All because this beautiful, fifties pinup model walked into my life and changed me forever.

Epilogue

Leah

One Year Later

Corbin’s strong arms are wrapped around me as I stare out the huge window in the bedroom of our new apartment. We’ve been here a few months now and I still can’t believe it’s real.

The success we gained after the movie, Chase, released, far exceeded our expectations. We’ve been to Hollywood, which alone felt like a dream. But now, we’ve been working together, collaborating on tattoos that people from around the world come to get. Our styles combined are stunning and the endless clientele list proves that.

The money we’re making now is something I never imagined when I dreamed of being a tattoo artist. It isn’t why I got into this, but it makes the long days and even longer nights so worth it.

But it’s not the money, the success, or the fame that I’m most thankful for.

It’s Corbin.

Each day I wake up exactly how he promised, with a smile on my face, because I’m in his arms. The two-bathroom apartment helps too.

I’ve never felt so loved, cared for, and appreciated in my life.

“Morning, princess,” Corbin says.

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