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"Thank you," Ime here" I look up, into his eyes, the close proxireen eyes

He shifts, his handslower until they are aroundhis shoulders, s s until I aainst the blanket, his hands soft onup into mine "I love you," he whispers He pulls at my coat, lifts his mouth to mine, but I stop him, place a hand on his chest and look into his eyes

Vulnerable They look vulnerable He loves et, for a ht, hoped against while secretly desired I am loved Me: dirty, rotten me The man hasn’t even hadand third base, our datesh to love rip his jacket, pin him into place with my eyes, s that I think of, the things that I have done… I a loved by you"

"We don’t choose e love, Deanna You are beautiful to le…" His eyes leavefor words; then they co his le is part of what makes you beautiful You don’t see what I see You don’t see the good person that I know that you are" He runs a hand up ue with me I kno I feel I just wanted you to know I’ve been holding it in too long I love you"

He tries to pull ain, my hand firmer this ti "I love you too" I make sure that he seesout softer "I love you"

It is a horrible thing to say, this is a terrible moment for the future of our relationship, for the future of s into a grin, the widest I’ve ever seen it, and I don’t fight it when his hands cradle in their display, the shake of the ground fitting the moment when our lips meet

I kiss him and push aside the howl of my conscience In this moment, I don’t want to think about the future and what disasters it may hold I kiss him and celebrate the rush of love and passion and elation I aht--a kissed underneath fireworks Hello normal, I am Deanna Nice to make your acquaintance

In thatis possible I choose to forget all of the horrible things that "anything" can include

CHAPTER 35

House Arrest Countdown: 1 Month

TONIGHT IS THE night, the ti Marcus can’t wait any longer, his ietting for a briefplease word that she has such attach the chat Charm her He has the ability, just hasn’t used it the last two years of i and hearts and flowers are filling the space between the in person Will offer rand if need be But she needs to say yes He’s already decided that she will be his reward For two years without pussy For two years of i, will give him his cojones back He’ll probably have to kill her Dirty his hands in a way he has never done In this return to glory, it’s important to him that she knows it is him--he needs to have her break with his name on her lips That will be the best part of it all, her fall frohtful place of subservience

It takes three hours of atteet her into a private chat, but finally she is on his screen, lit up in crisp high-definition, gorgeous on the new, bigger laptop he had ordered in

"Hey"

He can tell by the slight hesitation that she recognizes his name, despite the weeks that have passed since he last had her Weeks that he spent with other ca, time after time, blonde after brunette after redhead: they weren’t her, they didn’t have it There is so about her that calls to him, ato the surface He isn’t the only one Theti smile