He shakes his head. “Darlin’, I will take a little pain from you any day.” I slowly lay down on top of him, and Devlin smooths my hair. “You know what’s ironic?”
“What’s that?”
“Everything that’s happened—us getting together, you accepting my proposal—all of it is because our powers switched, a thing that neither of us wanted.”
I smile. “What we both thought was the worst thing that could ever have happened to us, became the best thing.”
“It sure did.”
He takes my hand and threads his fingers through mine. “And just think—you were so mad about it all.”
“I was.”
“And look where we are—if that one moment had never happened, we wouldn’t be here. We wouldn’t be engaged. You’d stillpretendhate me.”
I giggle. “But I’d be secretly pining for you the whole time.”
“Just like I would be for you.”
I lift my head and rest my chin on my hands, which are folded on his chest. “But you did too much, Devlin. You gave too much, and because of it, I could have lost you.”
“I did it to help your family.”
“No more helping my family like that. You almost got yourself killed.”
“Worthy cause.”
He takes my face in his hands and pulls me into a kiss. It tastes like a lifetime ofI missed yous.
I never want this kiss to end. I want it to last forever. I want this moment with Devlin to last forever.
“What was it like?” he asks when we separate.
I sigh and rest my head on his chest. “I could hear everything. I heard when you went outside the room with my parents and the doctor told you to let me go.”
Devlin’s body tenses beneath me. “For the record, I would have brought you back to my house and hired a full-time nursing staff to look over you.”
“I know you would have.”
He rubs his fingers down my arm. “So. Think your power is still a curse?”
“Ha ha. No. I don’t. Not anymore.”
“Good.”
“And what about yours?” I sit up and look into those green and gold eyes.
“What I think, is that there is sometimes more to the story than the snippet of vision that I receive.”
“Like…”
“Like the outcome.” He smirks. “This outcome was a helluva lot better than I thought it would be.”
“That’s an understatement.”
He’s quiet for a moment. “Hey, where’s your ring?”
I lift my hand and show him the sparkling gems on my finger.
