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"It’s not insane It’s beautiful," he said "Stay here"

He walked over to one of the beachgoers and spoke in rapid Greek,a ca woman nodded and followed hio," he said with a smile and led ht, and we " Paxton dropped to his knees in front ofthe straps of raph How could I defendI never knew I’d needed? I expected to hear warning bells in my brain, some kind of erly ju of peace, of rightness

He took off my shoes one at a time, the moment so surreal that I could barely breathe, yet I’d never feltforward, he placed a reverent kiss on one of , and my heart threatened to burst Too entle, too close, and yet not close enough He rose before me and filled every one of my senses until the world around me narrowed to just him Then he swept my hair behind my neck and over my shoulder

"Ready?"

I couldn’t speak, only nod

"You are incredible, Leah," he said, and kissedpast the last of my barriers until I was left bare, my emotions stripped raw in the best way

Joy filled every ounce of h my smile as he lifted rin playful, sexy, intense, and a touch wicked…just like he was

In that breath of eternity, it didn’t matter that our ti every e I swore I’d never want, or that he took risks on a daily basis that scared the shit out of me And it didn’tthat could havethe purest of feelings coursing throughevery nerve

In that moment, I fell in love with Paxton Wilder

I cupped his face in ainstyes"

His grin ined, and the air of possibility charged between us, held us in an electric current more powerful than any I’d ever experienced "You won’t be sorry"

I was too high on love to look past this moment, to look further into our future, or question it I’d taken the leap and was already one to wonder if he’d catchhe would Under the sun of Mykonos, with the sand of Kalafatis Beach under us, I gave in to the adventure of my life

What a way to fall

Chapter Nineteen