‹ Prequel: We're All Just Pawns

Soft on the Lips, Rough on the Heart

Epilogue.

“Are we really doing this? I mean, we don’t have to do this. They all already know. We could just…not.”

I looked up at Spencer. As soon as I looked into his sad brown eyes back in the hospital room I couldn’t be mad that he didn’t say he loved me. I knew he did even if he didn’t.

“Spencer,” I walked around in front of him, blocking the doorway to Quantico, “It’s because they know that we need to do this. We have to show them that this is a serious thing.”

I nodded and adjusted his tie, loosening it a teeny bit. His hands met mine as he tightened it all the way up again.

“Emily, I love you.”

I sucked in a deep breath; now is not the time to get all emotional, I told myself. I let myself smile slowly, biting my bottom lip.

“I know,” I replied as Reid breathed a sigh of relief. “Are you ready?”

My hand lingered in the air, waiting for his. I was about to pull it away when gripped it tightly.

“Let’s do this,” Spencer pulled me through the front door, all the way to the conference room upstairs.
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