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I cling to hiain I cannot get enough of him His hands slide over ue ith his I will never have my fill of him, and all I want is this moment, this reunion I want to drop down to the asphalt and strip hiular moment I do not kno I have survived without him

Then it hitsBecause how can I really be alive without Damien?

"I’m sorry," I say e finally break the kiss "I’m so sorry she did that I can’t believe she’d do that She said if I broke up with you--" I cut myself off I hadn’t intended to tell him that

"I know," he says flatly "Ollie told me He told me what you did, and he told me why you did it"

I’m not sure whether I want to slap Ollie or kiss him, but the conundrum soon evaporates under Da hout oddamn fool, Nikki Fairchild And I love you desperately"

I s tears and cling to hi our connection and the way he makes me feel

His hands roa the backs ofa et in the car" He unlocks it and we climb in The backseats are down and the area has been filled by ait?"

"I haven’t wanted luxury I’ve been living in motels, the backs of cars I’ve been all over Europe and I don’t think I’ve really seen one inch of it"

I s Ollie was right Daoing to drive to the desert I thought I’d sleep under the stars I thought it ht help" He points to the roof I don’t know if it’s a standard feature or the billionaire add-on, but there is a huge sunroof over the back of the Jeep

"It wouldn’t have," I say I know, because nothing would have helpedexcept Damien

"No," he says "It wouldn’t" His eyes roam over me, and he reaches out tentatively to touch me "Dear God, Nikki Are you real?"

I can only nod, because if I speak I will surely start crying again

"Thank God you found h school again, and I have to ad for you for hours," I finally say "Ever since I saw the news Are you okay?" I stroke his face, expecting the same clamorgeous and healthy as always, not to mention exquisitely happy

"I am now," he says

"I don’t understand why she released the photos"