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"That’s fked up, baby"

"I know," I whisper

There is nothing else to say Kenton nos some of my past--really, the worst of it--and I wonder what he’s thinking about as he holdscocooned in warht to coly cliine what he thinks ofI can sneak away frooverout on ravelly with sleep, and I closeto think of what I need to say

"I’ht" I hide lad you caine what you’re going through" He takes a breath, pulling me closer to him "If you want, I can find hiuard

"It’s what I do, baby," he says completely seriously, and my heart does a double thump at the sweet offer

"It was a closed adoption," I whisper, tears filling s

"What do youpeople You say the word and I’ll find your boy for you"

The building tears begin to fall as I think about finding my son Then I wonder what I would even do with the infor where he is? Could I even handle it?

"I don’t know," I mumble "I would like to know if he’s happy, but I don’t know if I could handle seeing hientle squeeze "You don’t need to decide right now The offer has no tiainst his chest, breathing in his unique set even closer to hi he has over s His eyes searchently touches ainstbetween us starts to inch towards his torso, but I stopit to his chest

His skin is so war of hair he has on his chest prickles against ers His hand on top ofbetween us I start to breathe heavily; I feel like I can’t get enough oxygen into s My hand on his chest travels up to his hair at the back of his head, running it through ers as his mouth travels from mine, down my cheek, and then across ainst ainst ue touches ether, trying to alleviate the ache that is building between roans

My eyes open and I look at his face, wondering why he’s stopping, and then I hear his phone ringing

"Don’t lose that look," he orders as he quickly twists his upper body away fro his phone in his hand His eyebrows go together and he shakes his head, sliding his finger across the screen "This better be fking good," he growls, looking at me His eyes narrow onthe stick out of his ass, e hih harder after hearing Justin yell through the speaker that Kenton stoleto find a way to winreason, or are you just callin’ to piss me off?"

I can’t hear Justin’s response, but I can tell that Kenton doesn’t like it by the look that co his head "Yeah, I’ll be there soon" He pulls the phone away frootta head out"