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She sighed, then shook her head. “I don’t know, West…”

“Tell me.”

“What’s going on with you and Danika? You looked pretty cozy in your office there. I guess I thought everything was over with the two of you, but maybe I was wrong.”

“You weren’t wrong. I was being honest. I know it looked like something else, but what was really happening was that I was telling Danika how serious I am about you. She was trying to flirt with me, and I reminded her that everything was over between us for good.”

“You’re serious about me?”

“Kaylee, how can you ask me that?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know what’s going on, West.” Her eyes were storming with emotion and I wanted to put my arms around her and calm whatever was going on with her.

“Kaylee, here’s what’s going on, okay? Are you listening?”

“Of course.”

“Good, because this is important. What’s going on is that you’ve turned my whole world upside down. All I can think about is you. All I want to do is be around you. All I want is to look at your face full of sunshine and watch you smile. I want to be the one that makes you smile, Kaylee.”

“West…”

“I’m not done. I don’t know what it’s going to take for us to be together. I know my lifestyle is unusual and there’s so much you don’t understand. But I want to walk every step beside you, Kaylee. Only you. Do you understand? Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“I think so.”

“Kaylee,” I said, peering into those sparkling emerald eyes, my heart bursting at the seams. “I love you.”

Her eyes widened at my words. “West,” she whispered, her voice cracking, her lips quivering with emotion.

I captured them with my mouth, kissing her with all the love in my heart.

I had no idea what I was doing. I knew everything around me was spinning out of control.

But not this.

Nothing about my mouth on Kaylee’s was out of control. Nothing about my love, nothing about my desire for her, nothing about Kaylee being in my life felt wrong.

And that was really all that mattered.

ChapterThirty-Three

KAYLEE

Icouldn’t believe he’d said it.

Three little words had rocked my world. I’d been ready to completely call things off with West when I’d arrived at work. Seeing him and Danika in each other’s arms had only cemented my decision. It was for the best. I’d be gone soon anyway if I didn’t find some kind of information that would be sufficient for Hoskins. And that seemed unlikely at this point.

All my suspects were dead ends without evidence.

I’d resigned myself to saying goodbye to West. Seeing him with Danika should have made it easy. I thought it had taken the decision out of my hands.

But I’d been wrong. When he’d found me, I was mustering every ounce of courage to stay for my shift and keep my head up.

And with three little words, a mere eight letters, he’d changed everything.

I didn’t say it back. He kissed me and kissed me and kissed me and if I’d said it, it would have been swallowed anyway.

I felt frozen, lost, confused.

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