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Wow! I laughed at the stories of men telling others about this moment, but it’s true you really do get nervous.

“Eb.”

“Jett.”

“Why don’t we get married?”

Her smile dropped, and she was silent for entirely too long for my liking. “Did you hear me?”

“Yeah, I did.”

“So?”

“No.”

“Why?”

Jesus, who the fuck had taken my balls? I sounded like a whiney fuck.

“We love each other. Sure we don’t need to say it often, but we both fucking know. Why do we need a piece of paper to tell us that? Marriage is an outdated tradition where the woman is given to the male. I ain’t a piece of anything to be given over.”

I felt a chuckle erupt from my throat. “You are mine.”

“Yeah, sure… just you… you’re mine. So what?”

“Maybe I want people to know you’re mine.”

“Do you think anyone in the city doesn’t know by now? You’re not exactly someone to be messed with. Can you imagine what I’d do to anyone who tried to take me away from you?”

I kissed her hard, pushing her back onto the bed. “You’re right. I guess that means the sex doesn’t have to disappear then.”

She screamed as I jumped on top of her ripping her clothes to pieces. I couldn’t get enough of her.

Mine, forever.

EPILOGUE

EBONY

Several Weeks Later

I felt relaxed for what seemed like the first time since I met Jett. My father was sent to Italy where he was received with open arms in the business Jett had started over there. No one would look for him there, and in a few months I could go and spend some time with him.

To say I was excited was an understatement. As we traveled along the old dirt road toward the place that had turned me into who I am today, I blocked out the whimpering from my mother in the back. Jett casually drove toward our destination as I relaxed in the car with him. I didn’t have a fear in the world.

“What are we going to do about York and Erin?” I asked him. Ever since befriending the woman, I’d wanted to see her find her own Jett. She seemed to think York was the one for her, but York showed no interest.

“Stop meddling,” he said. “If York wants to do more with her other than stick his dick in, he’ll make that move.”

“Fine! Then what will we do about Cole?”

“Peter is going to look into a weakness,” he said. “When we have enough, we’ll get him.”

I smiled, loving the ease of talking to Jett. He may still be an asshole from time to time, thinking he owned me as a piece of his property, but little did he know it was me who owned him.

Jett pulled up outside the hospital looking at me before getting out to greet the Matron. He spoke briefly with her before helping Adora out of the car. She looked at the sign on the gate then back to Jett and me before returning her gaze to the gate again.

“What are we doing here?”

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