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"Malachi--"

He just kept going "I like beer and not vodka I get restless when I’"

He saw her eyes start to soften, so he stepped closer and prayed she didn’t retreat froht in er is popular on the radio But I can tell you what foods I like and what music makes me want to tear my hair out And I can tell you, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I love you"

She lifted a hand and clenched it above her heart "Please--"

"Because loving you is part of who I am It’s not a memory or a etHis heart raced But finally she went to him, embraced him, and Malachi let out a relieved breath He wrapped his arms around her and pressed his cheek to her temple

"I don’t understand it either I just know it’s true"

"I love you," she said "And part of me thinks it’s not fair of me to love you when you don’t remember--"

"Don’t say that Don’t ever say that"

"I don’t care!" Her voice was fierce, and he reveled in it Reveled in her possession The way her ar his body as her own "I lost you once And I pulled you down fro you back You’re mine"

"Completely" He kissed her te his way down her face, he searched for Ava’s lips

"Some days--"

He found them Kissed her silent, but she pulled away to say, "Soain That I didn’t even want to"

"I need you" He was rock hard and aching for her Like her kiss, her body was heat and substance Not the thin shadow of a dreaan to pull at his shirt He stepped back and tugged it over his head Her hands spread out over his chest and dug in, her fingers gripping hiroaned

"Ava"

She kissed his chest, licked at his skin, tugged at the hair that grew there and scraped her teeth over a sharply aroused nipple His hands pushed her shirt up her waist to feel the heat at the sly undressed him The button on his pants, then the zipper Then she slipped her fingers down the back and pushed down, taking all his clothes with hi him back to the bed in the corner, she waited until his knees hit the edge, then she ca her hands up his legs Her mouth followed everywhere