Chapter 99

CELESTE'S POV

He shook his head, and our lips touched briefly, his dark eyes intense. “I was the one who needed to be set free.”

I kissed him hard, freeing him from the chains of his past. When we pulled apart, I noticed that everyone had stepped back to give us space. My eyes went to Gabriel, whose expression was hard like stone.

I needed to talk to him, to hug him. Lorenzo squeezed my hand to l