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Chapters (89)
  1. Dedication
  2. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  3. ONE
  4. HENRY
  5. TWO
  6. EMMA
  7. THREE
  8. HENRY
  9. FOUR
  10. EMMA
  11. FIVE
  12. EMMA
  13. SIX
  14. SEVEN
  15. HENRY
  16. EIGHT
  17. NINE
  18. TEN
  19. HENRY
  20. ELEVEN
  21. TWELVE
  22. EMMA
  23. THIRTEEN
  24. HENRY
  25. FOURTEEN
  26. HENRY
  27. FIFTEEN
  28. SIXTEEN
  29. EMMA
  30. SEVENTEEN
  31. HENRY
  32. EIGHTEEN
  33. HENRY
  34. NINETEEN
  35. HENRY
  36. TWENTY
  37. TWENTY-ONE
  38. EMMA
  39. TWENTY-TWO
  40. EMMA
  41. TWENTY-THREE
  42. HENRY
  43. TWENTY-FOUR
  44. EMMA
  45. TWENTY-FIVE
  46. EMMA
  47. TWENTY-SIX
  48. EMMA
  49. TWENTY-SEVEN
  50. HENRY
  51. TWENTY-EIGHT
  52. EMMA
  53. TWENTY-NINE
  54. HENRY
  55. THIRTY
  56. HENRY
  57. THIRTY-ONE
  58. HENRY
  59. THIRTY-TWO
  60. EMMA
  61. THIRTY-THREE
  62. HENRY
  63. THIRTY-FOUR
  64. EMMA
  65. THIRTY-FIVE
  66. EMMA
  67. THIRTY-SIX
  68. HENRY
  69. THIRTY-SEVEN
  70. EMMA
  71. THIRTY-EIGHT
  72. HENRY
  73. THIRTY-NINE
  74. HENRY
  75. FORTY
  76. EMMA
  77. FORTY-ONE
  78. HENRY
  79. FORTY-TWO
  80. FORTY-THREE
  81. EMMA
  82. FORTY-FOUR
  83. EMMA
  84. FORTY-FIVE
  85. HENRY
  86. EPILOGUE
  87. ALSO BY CHELSEA CURTO
  88. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  89. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“You deserve a speech. Emma Burns, you are, without a doubt, the greatest joy in my life. I can’t sleep without you next to me. I can’t get through my day without wondering how you are. I miss you when you’re gone, even if it’s for only a second. I can’t survive without your constant encouragement and faith. You keep my heart beating. You keep my lungs breathing. You keep my ass working toward a better future for us, and you’re the most incredible woman I’ve ever met. Every day I get to spend with you is my favorite day. I could go on and on, but I’m going to end with this: I love you, Emma. I loved you then, years ago, before I knew the depths of my adoration. I loved you in between, falling harder and harder through text messages and unknowing interactions in our office. I love you now, more than words can express, my favorite partner in crime. And I’m going to love you until I depart this earth and haunt you forever. I’m going first, honey, because I can’t survive without you. Will you make me the luckiest man in the world and let me be your husband?”

“Yes,” she chokes out. I take her hand in mine and slip the ring onto her finger. I knew it would fit. I did a lot of diligent research, wanting to get this exactly right. “It’s beautiful.”

“I debated putting a tiny Zebra Cake in the center,” I murmur.

“Hopefully we can still make some changes,” she jokes through watery sniffs, kissing my palm. “I love you. Then. Now. Forever.”

“Maybe I can become Henry Dawson-Burns. Henry Burns-Dawson. Shit, now that I’ve said it out loud, I like it. I need to make that happen. Let’s go to the courthouse tomorrow.”

“I like the sound of both of those. And I’d gladly marry you tomorrow. Hell, let’s go right now.”

“RB. VRG. Zebra Cakes. My sweet, sweet, Emma. Honey. Sunflower. You are my light in the darkness and the warm, sunny good thing on the gloomy, cloudy, chilly days. My forever and always, ultimate dream girl. You never gave up on me, even when I didn’t deserve you. Even when I messed up. You came back for me.”

“I’m never giving up on you, Henry. You’re the best companion project I’ve ever had.”

“The last one too, I hope,” I add.

She shrugs, looking down at her new diamond. “I don’t know. Someone asked me to go to a banquet with them tonight. I think I might be busy now.”

I growl, scooping her into my arms and walking to the desk.

“You’re damn right you are.”

“I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, Henry Burns-Dawson.”

“Together forever, honey. You and me.”

ALSO BY CHELSEA CURTO