50|You Deserve More

~Rylee~

We pursued the lights dotting the footpath, flirting and teasing like teenagers on our first date. The silhouette of the thick forest canopy shadowed everything around us. We only have one route. Not knowing our destination fuels this excitement brewing within my body.

I am eager to know what awaits me and not, at the same time, wanting to prolong this contentment I’m feeling.

“I was nervous,” Klaus said.

“Nervous?” I peered at him. The alternate blue, white, and yellow lights on the ground cast a vibrant shade on his face, stressing his green hues.

He hummed, pulling me closer. “I know Dad told you about your sister and Dominguez. It was his only request,” he mumbled, eyes flitting over mine for a beat. “He knew I’d marry you with or without him, but he wanted to make sure you were in it with me one hundred percent.”

The fear in his voice sent shivers spiraling down my spine. “Any man who can make Markus Martinelli do what he did is someone we shouldn’t take lightly,” I