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Gabriella, these feelings I have for you baby, completely annihilates that position. I now don’t see a future without you in it.”
                  Wow… Ohmigod wow!
                  Tears of hope sting the back of my eyelids and I fight desperately to hold them back in fear that if I move, if I blink then what I’m hearing won’t be real. My heart is thumping a million miles a minute and it literally feels stuck in my throat. Every inch of my body is trembling, I swear even my toes are shivering.
                  Nervously I lick my bottom lip then drawing both lips in I bite down, hoping, wishing, praying silently that this moment is not an illusion but very, very real.
                  Aidan’s eyes follow my actions, his gaze narrowing slightly with such intensity, such scorching heat; it triggers another tremble to roll violently through me.
                  “I want to be with you. No games, no trying this time and no going back for either of us. I want you Gabriella.”
                  “You really hurt me Aidan.” My voice sounds small, no more than a whisper.
                  “I know,” he says closing his eyes, but not before I catch the flicker of pain as it flashes through them.              
                  “I’m so sorry baby,” he murmurs softly, returning his gaze once more to mine.
                  “Forgive me, please.”
                  My head might be spinning in a thousand crazy directions but one thing I am certain of, Aidan Stone is not a man that apologizes often. He’s a proud, powerfully formidable man, commanding a hugely successful empire of his own making and I sincerely doubt he got this far both professionally and personally by being vulnerably exposed and yet he stands before me being just that: vulnerable and totally exposed.
                  The utter sincerity blazing brightly in his emerald green eyes instantly obliterates all my defenses tugging violently on my bruised heartstrings. I am hopelessly, completely head over heels in love with this glorious man.
                  “I want you too Aidan. More than you know. I want us too.”
                  “Good”, he whispers, drawing closer, cupping his warm strong hands around my face. Slowly leaning down, his eyes penetrating mine with such raw hunger my breath catches as his lips brush tenderly across mine.
                  “Thank you button,” he murmurs against my mouth, our breaths mingling.
                  I feel a traitorous tear trickle down my cheek followed by another, then another. A tidal wave of sensations bombards me – fear, relief, hope, pure joy, exaltation, and disbelief. This confusingly enigmatic beautiful man has real feelings for me.
    Me! And I want him too. More than anything I’ve ever wanted in my life.
                  Wrapping his other arm tight around my waist, Aidan hauls my body flush against his strong warm chest. As his heat surrounds me, a sense of rightness, perfection washes over my heart and I relish in the sensation of being held by him, my tears flowing freely, refusing to be held back anymore. God I love this man. How is it even possible to love someone this much?
                  My stomach plummets as it suddenly occurs to me – what happens if he gets cold feet again? He could decide that he doesn’t want to do this again and then where will I be.
                  “Aidan,” I call, pulling back from his embrace, the loss of his warmth instantly leaving me bereft. “What if you decide –”
                  “I won’t,” he interrupts, answering my question before I finish asking it.
                  “Another thing you also need to understand about me Gabriella is that I’m a decisive man. When I set my sights on a course, I