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262 pages
First published February 26, 2019
“We don’t have time to get into this.” My voice is lower than it was before. “And it doesn’t help that for the next ninety days, I’m going to be your shadow. But” – I lean in a touch closer, and her chest stops moving as she holds her breath – “when we get back, if this thing is still here, the gloves are coming off.” May hands itch to touch her, to run my thumb around her jaw and feel her skin under mine.
“What?” she whispers.
“In ninety days, we get back home. If this thing is still going on between us, I’m making my move.”
“Your move?” She just blinks.
“My move to make you mine.”
“It’s you.”
“Me?” She puts her hand to her chest.
“It’s you, it’s only you, it’s you everywhere.” Rubbing my face, I lean back on the little desk she has in the room before I fall, and she walks over to me.”
“It’s always been you,” she says, and now she stands in front of me, and we are eye-to-eye, “from the minute I met you.”
“I had this whole plan for when this would happen,” I tell him … “I had this outfit all set up to bring you to your knees.”
“Baby, your smile brings me to my knees.”
“I love you.” My hand cups her cheek softly. “All of you … Every single part of you … For the rest of my life, I’m going to love you with everything that I have.”