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"You want to tell ht now "Let’s just say love didn’t work so well for me the first time I tried it"

"You want to tell me about it?"

She did But for some reason, the words didn’t come "At some point, I will But not now That’s the past, and it’s unpleasant Right now, I’ to want to hear that story so to hurt you You’re my future, Stella"

Her heart swelled with so much love and hope she didn’t knohat to do with all these feelings For someone so used to cynicis up inside her

"I’ood at this But I’ive it my best shot Because I do love you, Trick"

He kissed the tip of her nose "We’re both new at this It’ll take some time to adjust to it And I don’t want to rush you We’ll take it slow"

"Okay"

"It’s enough to know you don’t have one foot out the door and you ular basis The rest we’ll handle one day at a time"

That she could live with But she owed him an explanation for her skittishness about relationships and her trust issues But tonight wasn’t the best night for that They’d had a talk for later, right?

Especially since he’d scooped her up into his arms and carried her down the hall toward his bedroohed and shoved her nose in his neck, happy to breathe him in

She was in a relationship And in love

She never thought she’d say those tords again Or believe in the

Chapter Twelve

She had stayed the night, and since she actually had a day off fro to spend the day together

Trick was in the shower, and then they were going to go to her place so she could shower and change clothes

They hadn’t talked ot dressed and sipped coffee, she allowed herself to think about planning for the future

People in love tended to eventually cohabitate As she stared at the happy Christht ofin here