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Rafe waited He waited by reaching up to slowly trace the line of ly nice

Focus, Bella! "I’ht We’re, u his eyes "You think so, huh?"

"Yeah," I said softly

"All right," he murmured "What do you want to do about that?"

"Uh" Wasn’t it obvious? "We can be together"

"Huh," he said, opening his eyes "I don’t know, Bella We need to be sure that there aren’t any ether’ is clear enough Spell it out for me You’d be rinned

I pinched his shoulder "You’re enjoying this"

"A little bit"

"Do we need labels, though? I’ to say that we should be exclusive I want that But a girlfriend is someone who is always on the phone with her boyfriend, or waiting for hi sure their plans line up for everything She never says yes to anything without checking with hined up for that

Rafe tipped his handsome chin upward, so he could seeyou have to do, and that’s care"

That was all? "I do care"

He s out "I know, baby Now come here" Rafe pulled me onto his lap and wrapped both arms around me

For aI wasn’t sure I was ready to fold myself into a man’s eainst his shoulder and sighed I suddenly realized the feeling was really fa on hi howhand cupped my head and then stroked my hair His lips found my forehead, and the kiss he placed there was so sweet I felt a lump in my throat