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She’s completely comfortable with my touch, and no longer flinches if I make the wrong move by accident.

It’s not difficult to respect her boundaries, and I could dig that man up and kill him all over again for the way he treated her.

But now she’s mine in a way she could never be his.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath.

Emma runs a finger down my chest.

“What are you thinking about?” I ask.

“This. Us. How happy I am.” She fixes her gaze on my face. “When I think back to what I was like when I first moved here—how scared and unsure of myself … I’m feeling more like myself now than I have in years.”

“That’s all I ever wanted for you.” I kiss her temple.

She sighs. “I’m sorry I ever doubted you. You’ve been living your life in your way for so long, I wasn’t sure you’d suddenly want to take us all on.”

“I couldn’t be anywhere else. You and our family are the best decision I’ve ever made in my life.”

She places a kiss on my chest. “Even if we ended up doing things back to front?”

“If I had to do it all over again, I’d make the same choice every time.”

Emma gazes at me. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

And as I settle into sleep, my girl in my arms, I know I’ll never want to be anywhere else.

This is home.