Page 252 of The Cruelest Undead

When he smiled, there was that sexy dimple in his cheek that made her heart race.

“How can I prove it?” he asked, not sure why he was, but he knew what he was feeling. If this was a dream, he didn’t want to wake up.

This was perfect.

“You don’t have to.”

Then, it hit him.

Standing up, he reached into his pants pockets, and pulled out a paperclip. Sitting back down, he straightened it, and then twisted it into a loop.

Taking her finger, he slipped it on.

She stared at it.

It was a metal paper clip, and now, it was a ring around her finger.

“I think that should say it all. We’re a couple.”

Her heart skipped.

She’d never feel like this about anyone but him, and it was amazing.

“Thank you.”

“I’ll get you a new ring, once we have this whole mess cleaned up. You know…since we’re married.”

That sounded so amazing.

“You can ask me anything about my past, Cerise,” he said, hearing her curiosity while he was practicing hanging out in her head.

“Are you sure?”

He nodded.

Well, then, she would. Yes, she could look, but she wanted to have a relationship where they talked, not peeked.

“What was it like with the woman you just dumped for me?” she asked.

Not because she was worried. True mates couldn’t cheat, but because she needed a comparison.

Of how she felt for Tobias.

“I loved her, but not like this,” he said. “We would have sex, but it felt like something was missing. There was a piece of me not involved. Now I know it was my heart.”

She felt the same.

“The sex was sex, and we had a decent thing going. She wanted to get married, but I just couldn’t.”

Oh, she knew why.

“Because you knew here,” she said, touching his chest over his heart.

He nodded.

“I feel horrible for breaking up with her. She’s going to make my life hell.”

Cerise lifted a brow.

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