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He s a hand to brush his thuht you’ll get to seethe dress, too"

His brows pinched and his eyes grew intense "I don’t have to iine that, because I’ve already seen it I just have to remember it"

And maybe look forward to it If I was very, very lucky

"Wil, there’s soain We were now alone in the eone back to their tents or to circulate ast the booths

"Tell me in between kisses," he said, his voice raspy with a harsh edge to it That edge dragged acrossa passionate moment I sed o of someone about to step off a precipice into the unknown below

"I want to stay, Wil I want us to be together I want to see where this takes us" He froze, his eyes onno reaction whatsoever

Had he heard ed his mind "If--if that’s what you still want, of course" I added, hating how h "You have to ask e their ranite rocks in the hills around us "But I need to be sure that you are certain"

I nodded "I aht" Nonstop, obsessive thought at that

Slowly, tenderly, he kissedfor it back"

He kissed my chin "And what about school?"

"I want to finish, once I’ve saved up the money"

He kissed my nose "And what about the Renaissance Faire?"

"I’ll tell them they need to find so onether, my breath hissed out of my chest And when he finished the kiss, he pulled away, only to lay his forehead against mine "You’ve made me very happy, Jenna Very happy But that’s not even a fraction of the way I want to ed and then I excusedhim that I could hardly contain my exciteo with still more kisses to punctuate our breathless sentences

Caitlyn snatched up the hairbrush the minute I entered the tent "There you are You weren’t answering your text es!"