Maddox giving me this—a promise of forever with a symbol instead of just words—makes the way he’s looking at me so much more intense.

I love you so much, and I don’t want you to lose your impulsive side. It’s what made you take a chance on me even though you’d never been with a man before. I’m going to do better.

I knew you were the perfect man for me the moment I laid eyes on you.

Max is mine, and I am his.

How in the world did you get to be so perfect?”He grins. “Easy. I was made to be yours.

In a split second, I fall for my best friend all over again.

I want to hold my loveable giant in my arms and remind him of what we have. It’s not so much a need to prove our love, but a desire to show him that he shouldn’t ever have to worry about us. We’re solid.