Page 134 of Vengeful Vows

My breath is stuck in my chest.

“Is… Is that what you want?” I whisper.

Declan scoffs. “Of course not. It’ll break my heart to do it, Bree. But I will if that’s what you want. I want you to be happy. Even if it’s without me.”

I can’t stop myself, flinging myself at him, and he catches me, chuckling slightly as he stumbles backward.

“I thought you’d hate me forever,” I breathe. “I thought I ruined everything.”

“I could never hate you,” he murmurs, brushing his nose against mine. “I love you, Bree Murphy.”

“Bree Burke,” I correct, and kiss him.

Declan’s the first to pull away, looking down at me. “You didn’t say it back.” His breath is labored. “Does that mean you don’t?—”

“No!” I exclaim.

His face falls.

I wrap my arms around his neck. “I’m so madly in love with you I can’t see straight, Declan Burke.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah!”

A grin spreads across his handsome face, and he kisses me again, this time more insistently.

He pushes me down on the bed, covering me with his body, and I can’t seem to stop talking.

“I promise I’ll never betray you again, Declan. Never.”

He murmurs a response against my neck, kissing me there, but I keep going. Babbling, at this point, but I can’t help it.

“I’ll be a Burke as long as you’ll have me.”

“Forever,” he growls, and kisses my throat, leaving marks there that will sting later.

I don’t care. I want him to mark me everywhere, mark me his.

I’m still wearing the shorts set that Lara gave me, and he pushes it to the side, shoving down his slacks over his ass to free his erection.

Declan presses into me, and I cry out against his mouth as he kisses me again.

When he’s inside me to the hilt, he kisses the tip of my nose.

“I love you, Bree Burke,” he says in a low tone, and I can’t help but grin.

“I love you, Declan Burke.”

I can’t believe we’ve come this far.

Declan starts to move his hips, and I moan, arching my back, locking my ankles around the small of his back to bring him deeper.

I roll my hips, meeting him with every thrust, and he kisses me over and over until I’m breathless.

It’s only a few thrusts before I’m coming around him, chanting his name.

Declan curses when he spills inside me, pulling back to look at me.

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