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With a ragged whisper of his naain and again, sweeping hts so all I can do is feel

And then I feel hi , he slides deep insidecompletely still as he fillsue

I don’t care God, it arouses me even more and within an instant our bodies are a frenzy of ainst each other, into each other, taking us higher and higher until we’re both panting, sweating, heaving led flesh

He presses his forehead to mine, his breath hot inso deep his bare chest brushes against ood"

I’ to absolutely die if we don’t coasass around his waist, sending hient, and Ihis back withmy palms on his muscular backside so I can push hiether, I feel like we’re a permanent part of each other

I’ve heard those sorts of declarations before Where two becoins and the other ends, blah, blah, blah I always thought it sounded like a bunch of roht noith Drew As if our bodies are entwined, bound so tight we could never, ever come apart His heart is mine

And my heart is his

I breathe his naasm is different than the first one It starts low in hHe keepsmy clax on until he strains above asm

I’m captivated by the powerful display of his tense muscles and I run my hands across his shoulders, down his chest His skin is hot, his flesh unyielding, and tears threaten the corner of my eyes at the swell of emotion that threatens to take over s for hiht burst I don’t want to say it first He may have written it in a note, but he’s never, ever said those words out loud to me I want him to say theheart Drew drops a lingering kiss to my forehead before he pulls away and cli away the condom I never even realized he slipped on and I roll over onmyself as I curl up into a ball

My emotions are a jumbled mess What the hell just happened? We’ve had plenty of sex the last few days but this time I feel like I was hit by a semi truck

"Hey" He rests his hand on ht?"

"Yeah" I keep my back to him as he slides into bed with me He wraps an arm around my middle and hauls me in close, sohard too and I snuggle deeper into the pillow, close ers through my hair

I really love it when he does that And he knows it too

"Does it bother you? What, uh, happened to me?"

The question is so out of nowhere, I turn in his embrace so I can see his face, look into his eyes "What are you talking about?"

"What you found out When you ith me at my dad’s house Does it bother you?"

"Of course, it bothershiaze "I hate what you’ve endured I hate what she did to you and how it , I hurt for you Your pain is still so fresh and I wish I could somehow take it away"

"You do take it away You make me feel like a real person That it’s okay to be so free like this Together Sexually" He closes his eyes, breathing deep "Youhe would just tell h all of these turbulent e that I’ll think less of him because he’s been abused Yes, abused He can call it an affair or whatever the hell else he says about Adele but she molested him

I wish he could really see that

"Drew" I brushhair "Noto run Whatever we discover, whatever happens, I’ to stand by your side and support you"

He opens his eyes "I have no more secrets with you At least none that I know of I’ve baredto hide"

"Neither do I," I confess softly "Yet here we still are Together"

"Together" He s et it off my chest"

Wariness creeps over me and I try to shove it away "What is it?"

"I know…" He huffs out a breath "The day Vanessa died, I know you think I was inside with Adele…but it wasn’t like that We were having an argurows insideto boil over at anyher she had to leave me alone She tried her best to convince ain, pain etched all over his handso less ofaround with my stepmom while Vanessa drowned It wasn’t like that Not at all"

My heart hurts soand I wish I could take it all away Curlingup on the mattress so his head can rest on my chest I pressfreely down my cheeks "I’s to ainst my bare breasts, and I swear I feel da Which only ainst me "I love you so much, Fable"

My heart cracks in two, both at his pain and at his beautiful, much-needed declaration "I love you too"

I’ve never felt more complete

Drew

"I told her I loved her" I blurt out of nowhere

Dr Harris nods, no emotion on her face whatsoever As usual "What did Fable say?"

"She said she lovedWhen I woke Fable up by kissing her softly all over her nad body, the rising sunlight casting her skin a golden hue Our bodies cathe outside world didn’t exist ended on a perfect note Noe’re both back to reality

"Do you believe her?"

Doc’s question surprises me "I think I do"