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  My knees were shaking. He’d called me Rosie, not Ninja. He’d said—‘You love me? But when—how—when—?’ Oh, God, now I was doing it. Not finishing my sentences.

  ‘“When” is easy to answer. I fell in love with you when you climbed on the back of my motorbike. I tried to get you out of my system. Maybe I did for a while, but when I saw you in the restaurant that night, I knew my feelings were as strong as ever. As for the why—’ he gave a half smile ‘—how long have you got?’

  My heart was pumping. ‘How long do you need?’

  He glanced out of the capsule and judged the time left before we arrived back at the beginning. ‘I’ll give you the highlights. I love your sense of humour. I love the way you laugh so hard you can’t stop yourself. I love the fact that you can knock me over with a kick if you get your balance right—’

  ‘There’s nothing wrong with my balance!’

  He slid his arms around me and hauled me hard against him. ‘I love how much you love your sister and your friends. I love—’

  ‘Stop!’ Feeling as if I were flying, I covered his lips with my fingers and then lifted myself on tiptoe and wrapped my arms round his neck. ‘Stop talking and kiss me. I really want you to kiss me because it’s magical up here and I want to have this moment to remember always.’

  He lowered his head to mine and he kissed me while the world outside sparkled, the lights of London a carpet beneath our feet and the stars above like jewels in a sky of velvet-black. I’d never been this happy, ever. I knew that there were no guarantees. No one knows the future. But right now this was what I wanted. And I wanted it for all the right reasons.

  I didn’t want Hunter for security; I wanted him for himself. ‘I love you, too.’ I whispered the words against his mouth and felt him smile against my lips.

  When I eventually pulled away, something made me glance down toward the capsule beneath us and I saw my sister and the rest of our friends gazing up at us, grinning like idiots. I could see they were holding a birthday cake and gesturing.

  ‘They’re going to eat my cake. I will kill them.’ I’d never loved my sister more than I did at that moment.

  I was so happy I did a turning kick in the middle of the capsule and almost smacked Hunter in the head.

  Amused, he pulled me back into his arms. ‘Happy birthday, Ninja.’

  ‘Thank you.’ I slid my arms round him, my present. My gift. ‘This was the best birthday.’

  ‘It isn’t over yet. This is just the beginning.’

  As he brought his mouth down on mine, I closed my eyes, thinking that if this was the beginning, then the future was looking even better than my birthday cake.

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