Elastic Hearts (Hearts #3)(97)

“So do you,” I replied. His lips curved up.

“I know.”

I shook my head, rolling my eyes.

“You already signed the paperwork, Nicole Reuben. No going back now,” he said, his eyes twinkling.

He was so keen to mention that every five minutes since the day we’d gone to the courthouse. His face had been priceless when I’d reached for the name-change form and filled it out. I’d not taken Gabe’s last name. I didn’t really want to change mine, as I loved the name Alessi, but I knew how much it meant to Victor, and the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. Nicole Reuben had quite a nice ring to it.

“I would never,” I said.

“Not even if I was richer?” he asked. “Not even if I was famous?”

“No way. Been there, done that, bought the shirt.”

His eyes darkened. “I tore that shit up.”

“Victor,” I whisper-shouted, giving him a pointed look. We were at church.

“I’m just saying, my shirt’s better,” he whispered with a shrug, then smiled. “And much bigger.”



Note from Claire: Thank you so, so much for reading!

The characters in this series will forever have a part of my heart. They’ve been there for me when I needed to focus on the lighter things in life and believe in love so powerful, it could pull you out of any funk life wants to bury you under. I hope they did the same for you!

If you can take a minute to write a quick review, I would be incredibly grateful!

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