Chapter 56 – How to Tame a Silver Fox (Harper Reeves & Chris Collins) Novel Free Online

He shakes his head and bites his fist. I want to take his pain away, but I need to know the truth, so I let him talk.

“After your mother told me to keep you safe if anything happened to her, it freaked me out, so I started tailing her. That fucking car that rammed you into the lake came from nowhere. I’m still not sure how they did it.”

I rest my hand on his back as he relives that awful evening.

“They said they thought your dad was driving. They didn’t know it was you and your mother inside…”

I freeze.

“So, you saw them?” I ask. “After that night?”

Chris leans back and looks me in the eye.

“Yes,” he states. “And they suffered a lot more than your mother. They’ll never bother you again.”

Wow. I never thought I’d be pleased that someone died, but relief soaks through me.

I knew something was wrong with my dad’s story. That meant I was always anxious that someone was out there, watching and waiting. But my guardian angel protected me like he always does.

“Thank you,” I tell him, and Chris flinches at my words.

“What?” he gasps. “I thought you’d be angry?”

I shake my head. “How can I be angry with everything you’ve done for me, Chris? I wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for you.”

Before he can speak, I kiss his lips and take his chiseled jaw in my hands.

“You don’t have to do this anymore,” I say. “All the guns and violence. I’m scared that you won’t come home one night.”

“That won’t happen,” he says.

“You don’t know that.”

“Yes, I do,” he insists. “I’m done with all that bullshit. Told your dad last week. From now on, unless trouble finds me, I won’t go looking for it.”

Even more relief floods my body and the tension in my shoulders evaporates over the city.

“I don’t want to live here,” I tell him.

He frowns. “What? Why?”

“I’ll get too lonely,” I tease, glancing back at his portrait. “If only that sexy guy in the painting was a real person… He could live here with me.”

Chris gulps hard.

“If you’re sure,” he mimes. “I have it on good authority that he fuckingloves that idea.”

I giggle as Chris steps back and kicks off his shoes.

“Don’t you have work?” I ask.

“Nope,” he says. “I’m a good boss, but a shit employee. So I gave myself a month off. I’m all yours…”

“But-“

Chris steps forward and presses his finger to my lips.

“You’re a magnet, Harper Reeves,” he mimes, locking his eyes on mine. “And I care about you more than I’ve ever cared about anything or anyone.”

My tears match his as we gaze at one another.

“I love you,” I tell him.

I always promised myself I would never fall for a man like my father. But Chris Collins is nothing like my dad. He loves me unconditionally and he shows it every day.

“I love you too,” he whispers. “More than I ever dreamed possible.”

Wow. He actually said it.

His dark eyes lighten as his honesty seeps into me like sunshine, and a profound sense of peace overwhelms me.

Because I know that Chris and I have the rest of forever to enjoy each other.

And all the tomorrows are ours to share…

—The End

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