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We slid down so ere now lying in the truck, looking up at the stars He kept an arm aroundon his shoulder Our s were the most we ever touched now, so I closedit wouldn’t last forever I listened to his heartbeat, breathed in his clean, masculine scent, and ainst his His heartbeat picked up when I lightly ran ers across his chest and I smiled to myself

His chest rumbled as he said, "What do you want to do for the rest of your life, Cassidy?"

Stay here with you "What do you o to school Just wondered what you wanted to do If you had a certain career in ot even huskier as he continued "If you actually wanted to do soet married and have kids, if there’s somewhere you want to move to" He trailed off

No kids I refuse to have children "I don’t really know I’ve never thought about it"

"Seriously? You’ve never thought about your future and where you’d like to be? What you’d like to be?"

"Not once" The ht about the future was in ters when they’re little, and have crazy dreaed When I was little, I wanted to grow up to be a princess But ht I was one The day he died, all dreams of the future stopped, and I hadn’t had one since "What about you?"

"I want to finish college and move back to the ranch so I can take over it for my dad Other than a family, that’s all I’ve ever wanted"

"That sounds perfect for you" I was already jealous of his future wife

"You’ve really never thought about it? Never aspired to be a doctor, or a scientist, or a coffee shop girl?"

I laughed and rolled h he couldn’t see "Nope"

"Everyone thinks about their future, but if you don’t want to tell hter When I didn’t say anything for a few minutes, he whispered, "Are you withI’ve never told anyone?" I asked softly

"Of course you can"

"I wasn’t lying to you, I really haven’t ever thought about what I wanted to do with ain "I never thought I’d live long enough to be able to move out of that house, so it seemed pointless to think about the future"

"Cass," he breathed, "I’m so--"

"No, I didn’t tell you that so you’d feel sorry forfroe"

He didn’t talk for ame with that" He rolled me onto my back, his left ar back loose strands of hair, he ran his fingers down my jaw; my eyes shut and I tilted my head back when he continued the line down my neck "You’re away froain You have your whole life ahead of you, darlin’" His voice dropped another octave and my eyes shot back open when I felt his breath on my lips "It’s okay to drea as he slowly lowered his body to h ainstless than an inch froreen eyes darkened as he leaned in closer to brush his lips across htly, he waited, giving h his iving the slightest pressure so he’d knoanted this too A soft sain Just before his lips could tone