Page 66 of Eight Steps to Alpha

“So am I.”

He was looking her dead in the eye, his face open and honest. Who was she to deny him anything. “I don’t know…”

“What’s the worst thing that could happen?”

“My brothers tackle you within an inch of your life?”

He laughed. “Nothing I can’t handle.”

She let out a tiny laugh, cupped his cheek in her palms, and kissed his lips. Softly, just a peck. “I don’t know what I would do without you.”

His jaw tightened, but he didn’t move from her grasp. “Is that a yes?”

She wasn’t sure if she wanted to laugh, or cry, so instead she nodded. “Yes.”

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