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“As long as you are with me, I will always protect you. Bodyguard, remember?”

“I remember.”

“I didn’t know you could read my mind.”

“We’re on the same frequency now, baby.”

"DARIENNNNN!"

"Cool your balls already, I'm coming! I wish it was the other kind of coming.”

"You're so dirty."

"You love it."

"I do."

"Very much."

This scene had NO business being this funny & this spicy at the same time like I didn’t know whether to blush or laugh… so I did both. I live for moments like this where the characters feel so real & unfiltered.

She caught sight of their reflection, an image that always surprised her. There was such contrast between the two of them, yet they fit perfectly. Night and dawn, blending as one. The Devil and the white lily.

“You are a bully,”

“And you’re a brat. You know what I do to brats like you?”

“Show me.”

“If the day came when he drowned, he would drown alone—he’d make damn sure of that.”

"You make me happier than I've ever been, Loren. I can see myself having that life with you, can see us building our one day together. I can see myself there, clearer than ever, and I want it. I want all of it."