Chapter 9
The comments kept scrolling, full of blessings,
I looked into Reid’s eyes and smiled through my tears. “Okay, Reid. Yes.”
One word sealed us together.
Reid bent down, kissed the tears from my cheeks, and then his lips met mine.
The kiss was soft and deep, carrying all the love he’d been storing up for so long, all the joy
and relief I felt. I let myself sink into it.
Sunlight poured through the window, warming us both.
The comments that had terrified me slowly faded, and then they were gone. They never came
back.
Later, my dad came home. He heard everything, looked at Reid, and gave him a satisfied nod.
He’d seen how Reid felt about me all along. He was just waiting for us to figure it out
ourselves.
Reid took me to meet his billionaire parents. And honestly? They loved me. They treated me like I was their own daughter.
I didn’t just get Reid’s love. I got a whole new warm family.
And Tessa? She rotted in that mining camp.
Someone who saw her said all her delicate act was gone. Face black with coal dust, clothes in rags, hands covered in thick calluses and scars. Her voice had gone rough and ugly.
She never played the poor little victim again. She paid for her cruelty and scheming with the worst price possible. The rest of her life would be nothing but darkness and hard labor in that camp.
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Days passed. I was still Reid’s spoiled little princess, but I’d mellowed out. A lot.
Because Reid? He gave me all his softness. Every dumb little wish I had? He made it happen. He spoiled me so bad I turned into the happiest person on the planet.
He held my hand everywhere we went. Every street, every sidewalk, didn’t matter.
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When I got sick, he never left. Not once.
When I got bratty, he’d just sigh and mess up my hair with this look on his face, like he was helpless but also kinda loved it.
And in front of anyone who mattered? He told them I was his girl. The one he was gonna
spend his whole life protecting.
And I learned to tame my temper. I learned to take care of him. To
love him back. To match his softness with my own
When he was busy, I made him tea.
When he was tired, I rubbed his shoulders.
I stood beside him. I was his solid ground. And his forever princess.
And then, under a sky full of stars, Reid dropped to one knee. A diamond engagement ring
sparkled in his hand, catching the light, and his eyes. Eyes full of nothing but tenderness and love.
“Blair. Marry me. Let me spoil you and protect you for the rest of my life.”
I nodded, tears in my eyes, and held out my hand. He slid the ring onto my finger. The diamond sparkled, reflecting our smiles and all the happiness still to come.
On our wedding day, the sun was warm and the breeze was light.
I wore a white gown and walked down the red carpet aisle on my dad’s arm toward Reid.
He was waiting at the end in this gorgeous suit and he wouldn’t take his eyes off me. Like I was the only person in the world. Just like the first time we met. One look, and it felt like it would
never end.
We went from bodyguard and bratty heiress to secret crushes to a lifetime together.
No tragic ending here. That script got thrown out the window.
Just two people who loved each other. Who protected each other. Who chose each other. Every day.
For the rest of my life, through every season, Reid stays right by my side.
For the rest of my life? Every year. Every day. Just happiness
