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Taking the rest of the mail from me, he kissed my cheek "Wouldn’t that be nice? But I think you’ve exhausted your mom’s allowance for laptops"

"Neither waso postal if she found it

"True" He held open the door for a little old lady and then letand thinking about a shiny new laptop"

A warm breeze blew a strand of hair acrossabout you?"

"In between dreayou’d do if you got a new laptop?"

Letting hier side and thought about it "I don’t know I’d probably hug it and pro bad happen to it"

He laughed again, eyes twinkling "Okay, other than that?"

"Make a vlog thanking the laptop gods for bestowing one upon et one "I need to get a job"

"What you need to do is apply for college"

"You haven’t," I pointed out

He caston you"

"Colorado," I said, and when he nodded, my mom’s horrified expression loomed in my head "Mom would freak"

"I think she’d be happy with the fact that you’re going to college"

He had a point, but the whole college thing seemed up in the air at this point I had no idea what next ould hold for us, let alone a few rades and I had looked into scholarships for next year’s spring enrollment

In Colorado…and I knew Daemon had seen the pa away to college with Dae The proble able to do so like that would suck too much

My house was silent and a little war roolass ofthe back of his hand over his rass The movement pulled his shirt taut over his biceps and chest

I bit back a sigh Milk did a body good

His slass on the counter, hein front ofmy cheeks in his hands I loved that he was able to be real aroundwas to annoydown to huy

But then he kissedricher, lush and s me backward and that ere at the botto the kiss

I thought the whole thing with Blake would ruin this afternoon, but I had underestis around his waist, reveling in the feel of his muscles under my hands

He didn’t stop at the top of the stairs but kept going and kissing and ently kicked , because ere in my bedroom and there was no one around to interrupt us Nervous excitement enveloped rin appeared on his lips and I slid down, breathing fast I watched in a daze as he ers slowly letting go of les all the way up my araze followed his and I blinked, thinking a e had appeared inwhat I was

Resting on my desk was a MacBook Air in a cherry red sleeve

"I…" I didn’t knohat to say My brain eht house? I took in the fas and decided that ere

I took a step toward the desk and stopped "Is that for me?"

A slow, beautiful s his eyes "Well, it is on your desk, so…"

My heart stuttered "But I don’t understand"

"See, there’s this place called an Apple Store and I went there, picked one out They didn’t have any stock" He paused as if tohim, and all I could do was stare "So I ordered one Meanwhile, I ordered a sleeve I did take some liberties, since I prefer red"

"But why?"

He laughed softly "Man, I wish you could see your face"

I clasped my hands over my cheeks "Why?"

"You didn’t have one and I knothe school coed "And we really didn’t do the Valentine’s thing So…here we are"

It hitthis all day "When did you put it here?"

"This , after you left for school"

I took a deep breath I was about five seconds froot this for s cost a lot of money"

"Thank the taxpayers Their money funds the DOD who then turns over the hed at my expression "And I save money I have a small fortune stashed"

"Daemon, it’s too aze was drawn back to the Mac like it was my own personal mecca How many times since I could spell laptop had I dreah and cry at the saed again "You deserve it"

Sohed, sweeping his arms around ain, in between raining quick kisses all over his face

He tipped his head back on the co when you’re excited"

I sat up, grinning down at him His face blurred a little "I can’t believe you did this"