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I think about it in the darkness of his room with his strong arms around me. “I don’t know, but wherever it is, we’ll be together and happy. That’s all that matters.”

EPILOGUE

CARSON-6 MONTHS LATER

“Do you have everything this time? I don’t want to have to drive back down here next week,” I say as she hugs her mom.

She nods as she makes her way to the car. “Yes, I’m absolutely sure.”

We both climb into the car and I notice the tote bag she’s holding. “What’s in there?”

She smiles as she looks at me. She opens the bag and pulls out the picture frame with our four pictures in it. “I thought it would make a good addition to the new bedroom. Don’t you think? Remind us where we came from and how much we’ve overcome?”

I smile. “I have you to remind me of that, but yes, I’d like it in the bedroom.”

She leans in and presses a kiss to my lips. I start the car and start driving us to our new home in Chicago. We don’t have much time to unpack considering she starts her new job on Monday, and then, we have a wedding to plan. I look down and see the ring on her finger and smile.

“What?” she asks.

“Nothing,” I say, picking up her hand and pressing a kiss to the top. Looking back, it’s easy to see that this is where we were heading. But at the time, it felt like it would never get here. I thank God every day for bringing that little girl into my life when I was ten years old. She’s made my life so happy, filled with so much love, and now, she really is mine until the end of time.

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HE SAID HE WANTS TO DO BAD THINGS TO ME…VERY BAD THINGS.

The first time I met single dad Weston Vaughn, I thought it was my meet cute.

But it turns out, my knight in shining armor was just a grumpy billionaire in a custom suit.

After a nightmare year of losing not only my fiancé and my mother, I’m ready to start over.

And what better way than to land a teaching job at the prestigious Crestwood Academy in Chicago.

Imagine my surprise though when the handsome stranger I accidentally poured hot coffee on in front of the Eiffel Tower, turns out to be the father of one of my students.

The same stranger that made me miss my flight back home from Paris.

He might be devilishly handsome, but no amount of good looks can make up for his arrogant and bossy attitude.

It takes everything I have to plaster on a smile and deal with his antics but the school is in desperate need of his participation in our annual silent auction and I’m tasked with getting him on board.

But when he shows up on my doorstep, desperate for a babysitter, I agree…if only that was the last favor he demands of me.

Next thing I know, I’m flying to the Bahamas on a private jet with him and his daughter and sailing off into the sunset on his private yacht as the hired help.

Soon our back and forth banter goes from scorching jabs to fiery passion.

And while falling in love again is the furthest thing from my mind, a summer fling might just what I need.

Instead, I’m flung right into some dangerous drama that sees me getting fired from my dream job.

So when I decide I need space and a fresh start, he gives me one week before he shows up at my apartment and demands we stay together.

One thing I’ve learned about Weston Vaughn, he doesn’t negotiation.

He gets what he wants, no matter the cost.

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