“I’m not as nice as your fucking sons, so take that as a threat of my own that no matter where you might run or hide, I will find you.” A dangerous smirk lights up my boyfriend’s face. He takes a step back from my dad’s body on the ground and dusts off his hands.
Reaching for me, he wraps an arm around my shoulders and steers me toward the door as tears brim in my eyes. With one final good-bye, I promise myself that I’ll finally heal after all the fear, sadness, and anger he’s made me feel most of my life.
“It’s done,” Levi says once we slam the front door and stop on our porch as the sun’s rays beam at us.
Squinting up at him, I give him a wobbly smile. “Finally,” I whisper just as he kisses my nose.
I can’t believe it. I could cry, but I refuse to shed more tears for him. Refuse to give him anything anymore, and that includes my emotions.
I melt when Levi scoops me into his tight embrace. Wrapping my legs tightly around his waist, I feel his pulse against mine. I’ve never felt more relieved, free. Placing my face in his neck, I breathe in once before letting out a laugh, a laugh that makes happy tears leak from my eyes.
“It’s fucking over, honey,” Levi rasps against my skin.
I giggle when his lips press tiny kisses all over my head.
“I’m so proud of you.”
“I love you,” I whisper before brushing my lips on his, taking in the relief and happiness he portrays for my family.
We both jump at the sound of a car horn. Looking over, we find my brother behind the wheel with a smirk.
What a little jerk.
As I try to drop to the floor, Levi holds me tighter and carries me over. Once we’re both settled into the car, everyone turns to face us before we all freak out in happiness.
Leonidas smiles and laughs as Elijah screams in the driver’s seat while hitting the wheel, making my eardrums burst. Trinity sniffles with a smile on her face while I crumple into Levi’s embrace, taking this all in.
Pure happiness.
CHAPTER55
LEVI
FIVE MONTHS LATER
“Imissed you!” my girlfriend sings as she clings to me like a koala bear as I carry her to our master bathroom.
I know she likes to take a shower after getting back from being out of town.
Laughing, I kiss her ear, which makes her cringe away with a cute, angry look on her face.
“Hey! That hurt!”
I shrug in mock innocence as she clings to the front of my body tighter before sticking her tongue out at me.
Tilting my head quickly toward her, I lay a kiss on her tongue, which makes her swat my face away with an adorable laugh.
God, I turn into a complete fool when it comes to her. She was just gone for a week, and the house felt incomplete without her. Stella was sad all the time. Even Axel and Rowan seemed down when they came over and she wasn’t home.
It’s hard not to love her.
That’s why when everything came to a conclusion with her dad, I asked her to move in with me—of course, asking Stella if that was okay beforehand. She was more than welcoming.
Since then, we’ve been living in bliss. We’re happy and healthy.
Who would have thought?
I place her on our vanity, and the little bag she was carrying behind my back drops to the counter. Leaning against the counter beside where she sits, I watch her pull out her toothbrush.
