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"I do." Jaxon breathed out so low she could barely hear him.

"What?" She asked in shock. Was she hearing what she thought she was hearing?

"I said I do Ruby. I love you so fucking much." He said in a firmer voice. Ruby seemed to have frozen in time as she processed what Jaxon had said. Jaxon had said he loved her. He loved her. Those three words repeated in her head over and over again as her heart swelled with happiness.

"Tell me again." She demanded breathlessly. Jaxon gave her a dazzling smile and at that moment, she knew she was the luckiest girl in the world.

"I love you, Ruby." He said, his words much slower than before. Ruby's heart fluttered and she suddenly felt shy under his gaze with the way he was looking at her.

"And don't even think of leaving me again." He told her.

"I won't." She whispered to him. His hands were wound tight around her waist as he pulled her close to him.

"I won't let you leave especially now that you've managed to work your way through my heart, and th