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Ben was still planted fir for my response I sed heavily "I feel so in the dark all the tioing to be here"

His eyebrows lifted "I swore I told you she was booked for this shoot with et

He pressed his forehead to mine "I’etting you to cos all packed and ready so that so so ave her my American Express I knew she’d know just what to do She dropped off all the bags atyou in them, and packed them all in the suitcase enuine concern for ht not know the first thing about being a boyfriend, but he was trying

"I love you, baby Please don’t invent things to worry about There’s nothing between London and I We’re friends I prohtly He’d pronant and the last three women he’d slept with all stood within thirty feet of each other on this sandy beach "I’ ra a little eize for how you feel When I saw you take off down the beach it took everything in , what you’re thinking Always But proain"

"I promise," I murmured

Ben tipped my chin up to his "Breathe forbreath

"There, that’s htly caressing the inyou"

"I just didn’t know London, uht them She picked them out"

I nodded I knew that

"Now tell me what this is really about" His tone was sure and steady

"This world is all new to me still When I saw your hands all over her, the way you two looked togetherI just started ticking off all the ways I don’t ry wave of tension rolled off hime with his eyes "I’m thankful as shit you don’t fit into this world You re real to grasp on to at the end of the day You ground e just because I spent the day rolling around in the sand with London for aze drifted doard

"Baby" He lifted laree"

I chuckled lightly "I think I’o I need to wash all this damn bronzer off my skin, too"