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"You are so gullible so ood, huh?"

I released the breath I hadn’t realized I was holding and smacked his stoet ht?" I needed to hear him say it

"I cannot" He kissed the tip of h talk about babies Your ten ht over there" He pointed toward the shower and I laughed to "

It was late, or early, by the ti sun was beginning to peak through the s My body was sated and spent A tres and my skin was sticky with sweat Dorian stretched out beside , I laid on my side and watched the rise and fall of his chest With er, I trailed a path down his chest When I reached his stoers to feel the ripple of ?" Dorian asked, turning to look at hed

Dorian caughta kiss to rets?"

I propped myself up on my elbow "None"

"Good, because I’d like to try ?" I said with a allBut I would like to take you out on a date, see how that goes I want to experience a night with you by my side asIt not only irlfriend, but also happy that he wanted to try so out of his comfort zone I could probably count on one hand the amount of actual dates Dorian had had

"As your ‘not friend’ ould we do?"

"What do people normally do on dates?"

I shookyou out I’m too curious to see what you come up with on your own"

Dorian pulled me close and I laid my head on his chest as his arainst my skin "Okay, but you cannot bitch about my choice of activity then"

"I promise"

Silence fell over the rooe of falling asleep My own eyelids were growing heavy I listened to the cal thump of his heart and absorbed the warhts filled my head, all mundane compared to my previous worries Holly and Ian were finally out of my life I’d met my sister after ten years and I was curled up beside Death All in all, life was good…for now

Epilogue

Two days later…

I smiled to myself as Fiona laid doo of a kind She surprised ht with her boyfriend in tow We were sitting atpoker

I could feel Dorian’s eyes on me and I smiled for a whole other reason We had spent the past couple days more in the nude than clothed--and he claimed there was still more he wanted to do to me The o for dinner?" Fiona asked, lying down her cards

"Didn’t we just eat lunch?" I glanced at the clock

"Yeah, five hours ago," Fiona said "I vote for Chow"

"Sounds good to uys?" I turned and asked Ethan and Dorian Ethan still didn’t care forto for Fiona’s sake Maybe after spending some time with e his ," Ethan responded

"Fine with me," Dorian replied

After dinner, Dorian and I stopped by Broomsticks I called a contractor to fixit Dorian offered to pay since he demolished it

"How do you hly curious

"Not everyone has someone to leave their fortunes to When that happens ically appears on their wills"

"You rob dead people?"

"It’s not theft if there is no living fao to the state"

I shookon my shop, we headed down the sidewalk