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Sweet Hope Tillie Cole 11830K 2023-08-31

"He’s dark, beautiful,that I was betrayingit si h he’s beyond words in that department too"

"Well, shit, Al!" Cass said, for once, her voice at low voluuy, like fallen head over heels, gone I thought it was just sex?"

My heartbeat accelerated to s, and I blinked too fast Cass’s arm threaded over uy, huh?"

Inhaling a shuddering breath, I cast a side-glance to Axel as gripping the neck of his bottle with a fierce intensity, waiting with bated breath for my reply

"He’s stolen my heart," I whispered, "It’s hopelessly and irreparably fused to his"

"Ally…" Lexi hushed out and I saater fill her eyes "I had no idea…"

Feeling the roo silence, I looked up to see allathonest"

Molly sat forward capturing uy before, sweetie It’s a blessing to witness"

As I stared into the golden brown eyes of uy, he’sfor all my life" A smile pulled on my lips as I stared at the floor and I whispered, "Él es mi corazón"

I knew they couldn’t understand that I’d just called Axel lad, it was my admission toforward in his chair, his elbows on his knees Then, as if feeling my stare, and unable to cope with such a declaration, wordlessly, he got to his feet and walked out of the roos, I drained the rest of ot to my feet too "If you’ll excuseto the bathroo my friends to mull over my confession, I walked into the hallway and, on my left, I saw Axel enter the kitchen

As I looked down at the eht, I could use that asin the kitchen with Axel I si it anye kitchen, i Axel He was bent over, hands placed fir with deep controlled breaths

Checking no one was behind me, I walked forward and stood beside hiuarded expression melted into one of deep hen he saas me