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“Believe in what?” I say, telling s co out

“In…”

Love, love, love

I know that’s what she was going to say I can hear it, despite her silence

“In true rouess,” she says “In fairytales I know I probably sound like an idiot”

“No” I al closer to her, I lower my voice “No, you don’t You sound like the woman I…”

I need to stop To think about this To draw up a plan

I can’t just say it

But keeping it in is going to be evento cost me even more

“Jessie, you’re the wo to spend the rest ofto be theto support you, now and forever Because you belong to me I own you As much as you own me We were made for each other I knew it the second I laid eyes on you”

Fuck, fuck, fuck

It all just came out, quick and fierce and unplanned

Jessie stares up atopen, as I realize I’ve made a terrible mistake

Chapter Seventeen

Jessie

Myto make his words fit into my mind It’s like he’s readme to believe that dreams really do come true

But I can’t accept it, not even as I read the truth in his intense gli azure eyes

The thought that thislike it slams into my chest and causes my heart to stutter

“Jessie?” Jaxon says, with an uncharacteristic quiver in his voice

“I… What did you say?”