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Ju off the cliff was definitely preferable to this conversation I wasn’t ready to reveal any of s, and I kneasn’t nearly ready to hear the the L word into our relationship was the most surefire way to kill it

Sure, I’ll date you

Oh, by the way, I’m in love with you, too

Yeah No

"I kind of like you," I said instead

Noas the one laughing "Yeah, I kind of like you, too"

"Wilder!" Landon called froe "You co, or what?"

Paxton looked to me "Well, do you choose the juot up there and chickened out? What if so happened on the way down? What if I broke , or I puked all over Paxton?

But what if I didn’t do it?

Brooke was right, I’d never get this chance again And besides, Rachel would have already harnessed up

Paxton would keep me safe

"Let’s jump" The words came out of my mouth before I could think

His face lit up "Let’s juthe straps up over the leggings I’d changed into "I like these," he said with a shs

"Yeah, yeah," I e of the cliff, where Penna and Brooke had already jumped "Don’t you want to watch the my straps "Nope, they’re not irl feel protected"

He rose up beforethe shoulder straps with a quirk of his lips "Hang around In a few minutes I’ll sweep you off your feet"

Only he could er my life

Once our helmets were snapped and I was clicked into Paxton’s harness, we stepped to the edge The vieas unparalleled The half- offshore, the white sandcontrast In the middle lay a shipwreck, and I couldn’t help but wonder how many jumpers it had seen

"You ready?" Paxton asked behind me

My heart lurched intoas I did before the zip-line, knowing that so was about to happen "You’ll keep me safe?" I couldn’t help but ask