Page 52 of Killian De Luca

“Follow me and you’ll see.”

Reign grabs my hand, and we get out of the car. “I’ll be here waiting, Mr. De Luca,” the driver says, and I nod my head at him before walking towards the small yacht that’s parked in front of the dock.

Reign says nothing, completely and utterly in awe as she looks at the boat. I help her onto the boat since she’s wearingheels. Even though they aren’t tall or anything, I still wanted to have a way to put my hands on her, just to feel her.

“Welcome Mr. De Luca and Ms. Pierce. I’m Alan and will be your captain tonight. Dinner will be served in a bit but until then you can have a look around and take a seat on the deck,” Alan says in a strong French accent so you can barely understand him.

Reign smiles before looking up at me. “Why’d you do this?”

Alan leaves and I hold Reign’s hand in mine while walking towards the deck of the yacht.

I lift my shoulders.

I don’t fucking know why.

Maybe because I felt bad for yelling at her and this seemed like the perfect way to mellow down and just relax with one another.

Just a night under the stars.

“Because I wanted to,” I answer.

It’s not the one she wants but it keeps her from asking even more questions that I don’t know the answer to.

Once we get on the deck, Reign’s smile widens as she looks at what the crew set up. There is a blue blanket laid out with a bunch of white and blue pillows. The setup they did is amazing and exactly what I asked for. A small table is in the middle for dinner but that won’t be until later.

“Killian, this is so beautiful.” Reign smiles up at me before walking towards the blanket. I refrain from smiling down at her because her fucking smile, I swear it does something to that thing inside my chest. We sit on the blanket next to one another and the sun finally sets making the sky dark so you can see the stars. All perfect timing. A waiter comes to give us two glasses of wine plus the bottle. Reign can’t stop smiling and I can’t stop staring at her in awe, almost wanting to smile myself. “Tell me why you really did this.”

I look at Reign and see her eyes almost begging me.

All big and innocent.

I want to confiscate that innocence and just put it in a jar so I can keep it forever, only for me to see and have to myself.

“Like I said, because I wanted to. It’s a perfect way to end a trip to France, yes?” I raise an eyebrow at her.

She blushes and looks up at the stars. “You know what would make this night even better?”

“What?” I ask, I can't stop the small smile on my face because I have a feeling, I already know what she wants.

Another secret.

Another truth.

Another thing about me that makes her closer and closer to getting to know me.

“I want to know one thing that no one knows about you.” Reign looks at me.

I lick the inside of my cheek and lean closer to her so my face and hers are centimeters apart. “No one knows how much I want to stay alive in this world because of you.”

Reign tilts her head slightly without realizing it. “What do you mean? How can I make you want to stay alive? You barely even know me.”

“I know a lot about you,” I say confidently. “I know you love the color white. Your favorite flower is any white flower because you like white. I know you like lions. You love talking to the stars because no one listens to you rant at home. You like helping people and that’s mainly why you’re doing all this mission stuff to help your dad. You want to become a nurse after all this because you like helping people. Pretty sure your life goal is to make an impact on someone’s life. Your favorite song is any song by Cigarettes After Sex. You love helping your grandma with tasks so she can rest. You mostly talk to the stars because your grandpa is up there listening to you, and you werealways closer with him. And that’s not even all of it Reign. I know a lot more too.” I lean even closer, until my lips are grazing hers. “I know about your deepest and darkest fantasies that you want to indulge in but are too scared because you have this whole innocent good girl facade up, but I know, Reign. I know everything.”

Reign looks shocked with everything I said. She backs away a little, but I follow. “How do you know all that?”

“I have my ways,” I say before kissing her.

It’s become my new favorite thing to do.

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