The Lover’s Promise (No Exceptions #3)(41)
Author: J.C. Reed

“Brooke, earlier when I asked if you loved me, you said you loved me too much, but…” Jett paused. “There is no right way to love. Only one way to love and it is to love fiercely, to love fully and to love passionately. Don’t get that wrong. Ever. Same about fighting and trusting me. You need those three things to build a strong relationship.”

“How do you know?” I asked.

“How don’t you?” His eyes glinted with something else. Amusement. Challenge. Danger.

“Who says I don’t?” I whispered, feeling an odd pull of happiness inside my heart as I watched him leave, closing the door behind him. My skin tingled. My whole being trembled. Something rose within me. It was joy, I realized. Joy that he wasn’t a killer. That he loved me, wanted me. That Tiffany didn’t matter. Joy that my feelings were reciprocated and he cared enough about me—hearing it from him, feeling it with every fiber of my being, sensing the strong waves of worry emanating from him. In that instant I realized that I had never hated him. That, with no exceptions, love didn’t need reciprocation to exist. That it didn’t matter what he had done, who he had been before meeting me. I would continue to love him unconditionally, no matter what. I had done the right thing.