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Kelly's gaze was fixed on Zev, her words trapped by the weight of her emotions. Finally, she spoke, her voice breaking. "Zev... don't die."

She had nothing left-no hope, no answers,

At this point, what did anything material matter?

She couldn't bring herself to care.

She knew Zev wasn't with her for anything she could offer. He wasn't after her wealth or status.

She had known that all along, especially after five years together in Solmaris.

"Eric was right,” Kelly murmured, her voice thick with regret. "I've been awful. I betrayed you emotionally, & which is worse than anything physical. I've probably been wavering for a long time, even back in Solmaris. I just didn't want to admit it to myself."

She loathed herself for it.

Back then, she never imagined Eric would betray her.

But Zev's unwavering loyalty had done something to her. It had shaken her at her

core.

When had it all started?

Maybe it was when Zev had shielded her, taking a bullet for her. When he had fallen to the ground, blood staining the floor around him.

She hadn't gone to him. She hadn't dared.

In that horrible moment, she had felt her heart break. The pain had been so intense, she almost couldn't breathe.

She didn't want him to die.

Then, when Zev had appeared in the demolition zone, rescuing her, Kelly's emotions had overwhelmed

her.

hadn't expected him to survive, much less

fallen for you," Kelly confessed, tears catching in her throat. “If you really feel. the same, let's get married. I have nothing left. I need something-desperately, urgently. I just need

she had nothing, and in

thought Zev was gone, Kelly had spiraled. She'd considered the

ending it all had seemed

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probably just using you for a sense of security. I want a home. I want safety. Maybe... maybe I'm just trying to take what I can get," she choked, her body trembling, her breath coming in short, jagged

posture stiffened as her words hit him. He stood up abruptly, his gaze unyielding, and in one swift. movement, he pushed the table away. Without hesitation, he pulled Kelly into his arms, holding her with at strength

use me," Zev said, his voice rough and low.

her chest,

Kelly use him, and in

The weight of everything finally broke her. She collapsed

it felt like relief. A rush of freedom she hadn't known

they had spent in Solmaris had felt like a prison. She had been silenced, smothered, as if the very air around her had been taken

she could finally let

the room, raw and

like a shield. He lifted her chin gently, brushing her

Kelly stiffened. Not because she wanted to pull away, but because she wasn't sure how to

kept his distance, emotionally and physically, and

man who waits until marriage to even touch me? He

She had been wrong.

in it. "Tomorrow, let's get the certificate.

mind still

his brow. "I don't like the sound of that

hint of unease in it. "We'll need to make it clear.

Eric, lurking in the shadows, plotting to claim what he thought was his,

"Alright. We'll both sign our wills.

mine, and mine will be

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