by Alix Nichols
“Anton, darling, I’ve been a call girl for five months. It’s a small world. People will talk. They’d say, ‘Anton Malakhov married a hooker.’ ”
He shrugs. “Let them. I can deal with it.”
I stare at him, incredulous. “I’m not sure you’ve thought this through.”
“I love you, Annushka,” he says.
I gasp—and then burst into tears. It’s too much joy, too much hope, too much everything. I sob uncontrollably, rub my eyes, smear my mascara and blow my nose. It’s all very inelegant and unladylike.
He cases my face again and wipes away my tears with his thumbs.
When I finally calm down and have the waterworks under control, I smile, expecting him to continue.
But he just stares at me, his gaze warm and infinitely comforting. And I realize he won’t say more. He has nothing to add to what he’s just said.
Because to a man like Anton, telling a woman he loves her doesn’t require additional qualifiers. He either loves her or he doesn’t, and when he does, it’s the most natural thing for him to want to bring her into his inner circle, to make her family. When a man like Anton loves a woman, his love is loyal and undaunted.
It won’t falter. It won’t doubt itself, lie, or betray.
His is the love of a wolf.
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