Page 35 of Indigo Deception
More tears come, and it breaks something in me to see fierce, uncompromising Gianna crying. "I don't deserve this," she whispers. "Any of it."
"I love you," she says, and the words crack open my chest. "I have since the beginning. Even when I was trying to build a case against you. That's how I knew it was real."
Camera flashes explode around us as the paparazzi notice us. By morning, we'll be splashed across every tabloid. The fallen king of Wall Street and the mysterious woman who brought him to his knees.
Let them speculate. Some secrets are worth protecting.
I pull her against me again, no longer giving a damn who sees. For the first time in a year, I feel fully awake. "We start fresh tomorrow," I murmur against her hair. "New rules. New life."
"I accept," she whispers before I kiss her again.
Tomorrow, we'll figure out the details. Tonight, I'm just a man who's been given a second chance with the woman who knows all my sins and loves me anyway.
THE END
