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Chapter 1

Maxime

Jesus

I dive for the edge, going after Zoe over the cliff The thought of losing her hurts my chest It hurts a thousand times o down far I turn and swim up like a madman The sea is flat I should easily spot her, but there are rocks all around Shouting her name, I scout the water like a lunatic as a vise of fear closes around my heart

Then I see her Thank fuck The relief is so great I’ry I sith powerful strokes and reach her in five seconds She’s gasping and splashing, treading water Grabbing her around the waist, I turn her onto her back and swim us to the shore There’s no way she could’vewhere the underwater rocks give way to form a channel

I’m out of breath e reach the beach, but not fro like it, never cared enough Dragging her out onto the sand, I put the revelation to the back of myoff her body and cover her slender fra so, and her li

Fuck, fuck, fuck

I lift her intoat the top, staring doith concerned faces, offering hands and assistance

I brush them away “We’re fine”

Holding her close to my chest, I hurry to the bathroom where I run a shower When the water is warm, I push her under the spray and undress her Since I destroyed her underwear, she’s wearing nothing but the red evening dress Her lips are blue So are her fingernails I rub each of her hands between mine to warm them, and then her arms to aid the blood flow and increase her body temperature

So her hair, her teeth stop chattering I brace her against the wall and drop toto her eyelashes as she stares ather balance with her hands pressed on s straight and silky over her shoulders Her breasts are big for her small body, her nipples a dark shade of pink She doesn’t shave or tris, but even there her hair is soft and perfect, a pretty womanly shape There are many kinds of beautiful and plenty of nor condensed into one