Page 30 of Step Devil 2
It seemed like such a dumb question, but after everything we’d been through, it was a valid one. After all that, how could we possibly go back to a normal life and do normal things?
He looked at me, and the sunrise’s golden glow lit up his relieved smile.
Fuck me dead. He was ridiculously gorgeous when he smiled.
“I don’t fucking care. Anything. Whatever humans do. It doesn’t matter so long as I’m with you.”
Titus shoved a hand into the pocket of his jeans and withdrew something gold and sparkling. It was a necklace with a little L pendant affixed to the delicate chain. I blinked at the devil, brows scrunching in confusion.
He scrubbed the back of his neck with his hand, his face flushing. Holy shit. Titus was blushing.
“It was my mom’s necklace. It’s the last thing I have of her. Her name was Lisa, funny enough.” His mouth twitched with the faintest of smiles. “Normally this sappy shit isn’t my thing. But I want you to have it.”
My throat throbbed with emotion as I nodded and spun around, pulling my hair back to allow him to clasp the necklace in place.
“There.” He took me by the shoulders and guided me back to face him, his fingertips turning the “L” pendant over. “It looks perfect on you.”
My heart melted as I reached up, catching his hand in mine and giving it a squeeze. “I like this side of you. ‘Sappy’ looks good on you, bro.”
His smile grew, and a fire ignited in my soul as he leaned down to kiss me.
It was a moment and an eternity, all in a kiss.
He broke away from me, and I turned my gaze back to the woods. “What about Bishop? What about the future offerings?”
My half-devil sighed, his expression darkening in my periphery. “That’s a problem for later. Honestly, it might just have to be someone else’s problem. You’re the only thing that matters to me now, Lorelei.”
I gaped at him, my heart feeling full and warm. It was as if it had absorbed all the sun’s light and now was ready to burst out of me.
Those words. They were the same ones my mom had told me before she betrayed me. Only coming from Titus’s mouth, they actually meant something.
From Titus’s lips, they meant the whole fucking world.
The End
