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“I’ll always protect you,” Dylan growls. “You don’t need to worry. I’ll always have your back. You’re mine now and that means something to me. I’m never going to leave you out in the cold.”

Tears prick my eyes again. “Do you think things will ever be okay with him again?”

“If he has any sense, then yes,” Dylan murmurs in my ear. “He can’t just let you go so easily, baby. Besides...once I leave the university, he can’t use the excuse of me being your professor to break us apart, can he?”

My face falls. “Dylan, he can’t fire you. He just can’t, it’s not fair.”

“He can, actually. It’s against school policy to have a relationship with a student. If it had been any other student, the outcome probably would’ve been the same. Maybe the punishment was harsher because you’re the Dean’s daughter, but it doesn’t matter,” Dylan insists gruffly.

“Of course it matters, it’s your job! Your way of life! If my Dad really has fired you, how will you find another job teaching?”

“That’s not something for you to worry about, okay. I’ll make things work. I always do. You just have to trust me, baby. I’m secure here. I own my home, I have money. I never spent much because I never had anyone to spoil, and now I have you and I can give you a life of luxury for years without needing to worry about money.”

“I don’t care about a life of luxury. I don’t need it. All I need is you.”

“Then you don’t need to worry, because you have me,” he growls. “You belong to me, Cora, but I belong to you too. You’ve stolen my heart. I thought I’d always be alone, but it was worth the long wait to find the one woman who can make me happy. Don’t think too much about what happened back at your Dad’s house, this is the only outcome I care about. Me and you.”

I lean in to kiss him, feeling butterflies flutter in my stomach. I’ve never had someone care for me so deeply, so lovingly. He’s given me more in the past few days than anyone else ever has in all my twenty-one years. I know without a doubt that I don’t need to change a thing to be with Dylan. My Dad was always desperate to improve me, to make me be a certain way, but I can let go of all of those expectations now. I can live how I want to now, with the man I love.

It feels unreal, lying here and kissing the man of my dreams. I waited so long for this. I watched all of my other friends find love or at least fleeting romance, and I wondered if I’d ever feel the way. But what I have with Dylan is even more special. We’re soulmates. This was written in the stars.

This love is forever.Dylan

I hate seeing Cora this upset. Even though we’ve spent our weekend getting to know one another, making love at all hours of the day, and sleeping late in one another’s arms, I can see how hurt she is that she’s been let down by her father. All I want to do is make everything better, but her stubborn father hasn’t answered any of my calls trying to make things right. Some men just won’t let the somethings go.

But he won’t stop me from making Cora happy. She’s hurting now, but she’ll be okay. She knows she can rely on me to look after her and make her happy. I’m the one she can grow old with, raise a family with, laugh with, and discuss literature with even though I’m not going to be her professor anymore. I don’t care much about that anyway. Like I told her, the job was important to me once, but she matters to me so much more. I’ve had a long and good career. If it has to end here because of me being fired, then I’ll find some other way to fill my time. She’s the only thing I need to be happy and fulfilled, especially when she’s giving me amazing sex night and day.

But this is about so much more than the sex. Our connection is deep and will withstand anything. Even though some will want to break us apart, we’ll stick together forever. And that’s why this morning I went out and bought a ring for her. With her early pregnancy test turning out positive and confirming our suspicions, we have a baby on the way. Our lives are entwined in a way no one can deny, and now, I want to commit the rest of my life to this beautiful curvy woman. The woman of my dreams. I want her to know that we belong to one another, body and soul. And I don’t want to wait for another second to call her my future wife.

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