Falling Into Love with You (The Hate-Love Duet Book 2) by Rowe, Lauren (grave mercy .TXT) 📕

As I’m comforting my mother, the familiar first notes of “Savage Love” begin blaring through the reception. I pull away from my mom, wiping my eyes, and instantly notice Savage standing on the edge of the dance floor, grinning at me. He gestures to the dance floor, clearly inviting me to dance with him. So, I take my husband’s hand and let him guide me to the middle of the floor for our first dance as husband and wife.

As Savage holds me close, my own voice serenades Savage and me, and I’m struck by the unbridled truth of my words. I’ve got a savage love for this man, and I know he loves me the same way—because our love is, and always will be, infinite and everlasting.

[Click here to listen to “Savage Love” along with Savage and Laila, as they dance as husband and wife for the very first time.]

      One for the money

Two for the show

Three cuz you’re so good givin’ Os

Ooooooooooh

      Four for the cameras

Five for the fame

No catchin’ feelings, only a game

Ooooooooooh

     But then six came along when we had our first kiss

Six made me swoon, yell out “I call dibs!”

Six watched you sleep, whispered, “I want this.”

Six held you tight in a white knuckled grip

Ooooooooooh

      And now I’ve got a savage love for you

I’ve lost count of all the ways you’ve made me a slave to you

There’s no doubt my love is here to stay, I’m addicted to you

I’ve got a savage love for you, infinite and everlasting

      Six hit the road, now it’s long gone

Seven came along, now you’re second to none

Ooooooooooh

      Cameras are off and our love remains

Eight, nine, and ten, our love never fades

Ooooooooooh

      Fake became real and want became need

Can’t live without you, I need you to breathe

You’re swimming in my bloodstream, enmeshed in my heart

I dream about you, in pain when we part

Ooooooooooh

      I’ve got a savage love for you

I’ve lost count of all the ways you’ve made me a slave to you

There’s no doubt my love is here to stay, I’m addicted to you

I’ve got a savage love for you

Infinite and everlasting

      Take my heart, take my soul,

Take my blood, bones, and flesh

Take the air from my lungs, every pound, every inch

Take it all, every ounce, I give everything

Savage love, my sweet addiction

Oooooooh

      And now I’ve got a savage love for you

Infinite and everlasting

    When the song ends, Savage kisses my cheek and whispers into my ear, “I’ve got a savage love for you, Mrs. Savage.”

I kiss him, but I don’t need to say a word in reply, since the song has already said it all for me. I’ve got a savage love for my husband, too. This beautiful, generous man. A love that’s unbreakable and sacred. Unconditional and true. Infinite and everlasting.

THE END

If you want to hear Laila’s acoustic version of “Savage Love,” the one she played for Savage on her new baby grand during their first night together in their new house, click here.

To read a bonus scene, featuring Savage and Laila on their honeymoon, go here!

Check out all the music from The Hate - Love Duet, as well as tons of magazine articles, music, and extras from the world of River Records, here.

The original song “Hate Sex High” was written by Lauren Rowe and David The Optimist, produced by David The Optimist, and performed by Aiden Chance as Savage.

All songs performed by “Laila” in the duet were written and produced by Lauren Rowe and performed by Jessica Schneider as Laila.

“Fireflies” by 22 Goats was written by Lauren Rowe and Hunter Levy, original version performed by Hunter Levy as Dax Morgan.

Do you want to read about Fish and Ally? Their romance Smitten is available now, free if you have Kindle Unlimited!

If you want to find out how feisty Georgina Ricci brings stubborn Reed Rivers to his knees, start with BAD LIAR, the first book of The Reed Rivers Trilogy - free with Kindle Unlimited!

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Music Playlist for the Hate-Love Duet

“Hate Sex High”—Fugitive Summer

“Something I Can Never Have (Still)”—Nine Inch Nails

“Grace”—Jeff Buckley

“Fireflies”—22 Goats (as covered by Laila Fitzgerald)

“True Love High”—Laila Fitzgerald

“Savage Love”—Laila Fitzgerald

Acknowledgments

    Special thanks to Sophie Broughton, my beta readers: Sarah Kirk, Lizette Baez, Selina Washington, and Madonna Blackburn.

Huge thanks to David The Optimist (Baby Cuz) and Matthew Embree (Cuz), for being my favorite rock stars, forever and always.

Thank you to Letitia Hasser for the kickass covers.

And thank you to Melissa Saneholtz for your unending help and support.

And most of all, thank you to my incredible, devoted readers! I love you all so much. I’m honored and grateful at the way you love my stories and spread the word about them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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