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“You and I are equals.” Brandon places my hands on his chest. “You’ll never have to do something against your will. Not with me. Do you hear me?”

“I don’t understand. How can you accept me? After all that disgusting—” I gulp dryly.

He cups my face. “You tried to save him, and he didn’t want to be saved. You saved me for who I was once too, and I wanted to be the one you’d be proud of. Now, do you like what I’m doing to you?”

“Yes… I love what you do to me.”

“Am I forcing you now? Tell me because I’ll stop.”

“No. Don’t stop, please. I want this with you.”

He softly kisses the back of my head. “Yes. Now, see the difference?”

“You love me. He didn’t.”

“Exactly.” He nods. “I love you. I told you, right? Nothing can change what I feel for you.” He tucks my hair behind my ears. “But it doesn’t mean I won’t do anything, and you will not stop me. I will kill that fucking devil if I have to.” He groans. “What he did to you is unforgivable.”

“What will you do?”

“That’s up to me now. You just ha