"I don't need you to thank me," she breathed into the fabric of his shirt, her voice muffled by her action. "Just come back to me. Always."Arnulfo drew back, his hands remaining on her shoulders as he looked down at her. The tender vulnerability in his dark eyes made her chest ache to see it."I will," he said stiffly. "I'll always come back to you, Valentine. No matter what.Her lips parted, as if to argue, to tell him how dangerous this all was, how much it terrified her. But the resolve in his voice stopped her. He believed it, and for now, that had to be enough.She nodded slowly. "Okay."He smiled again, softer this time, and tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. "Go back inside. It's cold out here."Valentine hesitated but eventually stepped back toward the house, her arms wrapping around herself as she turned to glance at him one more time. “You’re coming in too, right?”“In a minute,” he assured her, his gaze following her until she disappeared inside.He breathed
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