Page 257 of One Bossy Disaster

Fair. I don’t know how we’ll clean up the mess we’ve made either, but right now I don’t care.

I pull her in with a hand on the back of her neck, kissing her deeply, drinking my fill.

“Why’s that?” I ask.

“Because. I just came so hard I left the known universe.”

I chuckle. “That’s the kind of warning label I don’t mind wearing, woman.”

“Only forme,” she warns.

I snort loudly.

Like I’d ever waste a second on another woman.

“No jealousy. I'm yours,” I promise, holding her close—because let’s face it, there’s going to be a round two in the not-too-distant future—and I think about all the ways I can show her I mean it.

I’m a man who lays claim.

I never imagined giving myself up could be so satisfying, too.

Still, as we trade hot kisses and roaming hands through the lazy evening, I think I'm ready.

For Destiny, I’ll throw myself down on the altar and offer her everything.

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The world knows the truth,the whole truth, and nothing but by now.

Destiny Lancaster won her Young Influencers position fair and square. Hannah, who came out on record to confirm this, was the person who selected her.

We did not get together untilafterthe event.

And now, after that final confrontational interview with Vanessa, everyone knows how deeply in love with Dess I am.

I’ve made it perfectly clear that it was always her passion and heart and dedication to conservation that made me fall so hard.

Not her looks.

Not her family.

Not her age.

The person she is on the inside.

That’s why I’m encouraging her to film as much as she wants on our latest trip to the South Carolina shore to see dolphins. I know it’s something she’ll want to share with her followers, and that’s fine.

If I’m something she wants to share, that’s fine too.

At least, I’m learning how to make itfine.

I’m coming to terms with the fact that the woman I love has to put herself out there to make a difference in the world.

Destiny swings her phone up to capture me on camera.

We’re in the water after diving off the ship. Any second now, I have a feeling some of the nearby dolphins will swim in closer to investigate.

“I know what it looks like,” Destiny says in her live video. “But Ipromiseyou he’s having fun.”

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