Chapter Ten
Kaelyn woke to Hayden’s arms around her. Her mouth stretched into a wide smile and she made a soft moaning sound as she pressed back into him.
He stirred and squeezed her harder.“This is the best feeling in the world,”he said.
“I was just thinking the same thing.”
She turned in his arms to face him and kiss him.
“I was thinking,”he said, rubbing his nose against hers.“Maybe you shouldn’t bother getting your own place. I love having you here, and it makes things much more convenient for, umm, our late night activities.”
“Really? You want me to move in with you?”
“Technically, you’re already moved in.”
“True.”
“But yes, I want you to live here with me. I want you to be mine.”
She kissed his lips, then his nose, then his forehead.“And I want to be yours.”
“I can keep you safe and away from stalkers and creepers.”
“You’ve done a good job of that so far. When you knocked the door down, you don’t know what that did to me. I was overcome with relief. It was like the second I knew you were there, nothing could ever be wrong again.”
He trailed his fingers along her arm.“There is something I should tell you about that. Didn’t you wonder how I knew where you were?”
She pulled her eyebrows together.“Hmm. I guess I didn’t think about it. I was just so happy to see you. But now that you mention it, how did you know?”
“I installed a tracking app on your phone. I did after Will showed up and I was worried he would do something. I only used it when you went missing, though. I wouldn’t invade your privacy or anything.”
“Oh.”She thought about this for a moment.“Well, it would have been nice if you told me, but it did save my life, so I can’t be too mad.”
“The only reason I didn’t tell you sooner was because I didn’t want you to feel watched. I knew I wouldn’t use it unless there was an emergency. We can take it off now.”
“No. I feel better if you can see where I am, actually. It’s not like I have anything to hide, and if I know, then it’s not like you’re invading my privacy.”
“You sure?”he asked.
“Yes. And we’ll do the same for your phone so I don’t worry that something happened to you.”
“Fair enough.”
“What do you think will happen to Will?”she asked.
“There’ll be a trial. I’m sure we’ll have to testify and all that. Kidnapping is pretty serious. They’ll probably nail him with sexual assault, too. I’d guess he’ll get a few years at least.”
“Oh, good.”She let out a long breath.“I don’t want to have to look over my shoulder for the rest of my life.”
“You won’t. I’ll do whatever I have to do to protect you and make sure you feel safe. If I need to hire you a bodyguard, I will.”
“I hope that’s not necessary.”
“Well.”He sighed.“You do know that once the media finds out about us, there will be lots of photos and that sort of thing, right?”
“I figured. It’ll be okay. As long as we’re together, we’ll figure it out, right?”
“Right.”He tightened his arms and kissed her.“I’m so glad you’re finally mine.”
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THE END