Page 68 of Hot Girls Date Demons

“Can you forgive me? Please say you'll forgive me. I will do anything to earn your trust, I swear it.”

“Shhh.”

I blink.

Because somehow⁠—

Somehow my sweet nurse is comforting me.

Again.

I fall silent immediately.

“Tell me what happened.”

“I was called back to the realm of my birth, and the rulers there—they granted me pardon.”

Her eyes widen.

“What? They lifted the banishment?”

“They did.”

I cup her cheeks.

Press my forehead against hers.

Breathe her in.

Chocolate and tears and Josie.

I almost lost this.

I almost lost her after finally finding her.

“But you came back?”

The disbelief in her voice makes me pull back.

She genuinely doesn't understand.

My poor mate.

She truly cannot imagine being chosen.

Josie says it like it's impossible.

Like I had some great decision to make.

She pushes gently against my shoulders, wanting to see my face.

I allow it because part of me needs to see her too.

“Of course I came back.”

“Why?”

The question stuns me.