I just arched a brow. “Okay?”
“Back to your mom. And then we’ll get the asshole behind bars, making sure everyone knows what monster he is.”
I shifted him off me and sat up. “I can’t, Rhodes. I could never pay you.”
He kissed my back, exactly where I knew scars were. “And this,” he said, “is where my list comes in.”
I shook my head, unable to help the happy thumb of my heart—and the smile breaking over my face.
It seemed us two on a permanent basis was possible after all.
THE END