“You’ll marry me?”
“Is this because everyone else is getting married?”
“Fuck everyone else. I’m asking you.” He kisses the top of my head. “I know it’ll be a long time until I actually marry you, but I want confirmation.”
“Oh, Cole.” I spin around and face him. “Of course, I’ll marry you. You’re the only one for me.”
“The only one, huh?”
“The only one.”
“And you’re the only one for me, Butterfly.” He kisses me so passionately on the lips, I nearly climb his body all over again.
“Repeat that in front of that fucker Aiden when we go outside.”
I laugh. Cole is still low-key mad at Aiden for the three years I was engaged to him, and he seizes every chance to take revenge.
Cole will always be Cole.
I’m just glad he finally put Helen behind him. We both did. Now, we only focus on us.
When he demanded my firsts, I saved them for him. In return, he saved me his. We’re each other’s everything.
Hugging him, I whisper, “One day, I’ll shout at the top of the world that you’re mine.”
“And you’re mine, Silver, always.”
“Always.”
Epilogue 2 - Cole
Seven years later
Ten years.
It took me ten fucking years to finally shout to the world that Silver is mine.
Well, not exactly shout, but show it by marrying her.
We had to wait until Sebastian got out of office and then give the world time to forget before I could marry her.
We tied the knot in France — literally and figuratively. In that town where I first kissed her in front of everyone. Where we didn’t care who saw us and got our tattoos together.
The place where we had our first loss. Where she cried, but also laughed.
Now she’s not only mine; she’s my home, my only family.
After Mum’s death, I never felt like I lost a family member. I think I stopped considering Mum family the moment I read that book. The moment I knew she was out to harm my Butterfly. My infinite chaos.
Silver is my family. Even Sebastian and Cynthia are my family. They’re the ones we spend holidays with. We have the most heated conversations during those dinners since our opinions clash a lot.
Let’s just say, Silver took after her mum in the stubbornness department and they’re not afraid of showing their fiery side every chance they get.
Now, I have her as both my wife and my partner. Silver decided against politics after all. She said politics suffocated us while we were younger, so she won’t put our children through that.
I converted her to the dark side and she graduated in business with me.
Now that we have complete control over Dad’s fortune, my wife and I are still competing about who brings in the best investments.