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Maybe the balht in front of her All she kneas she didn’t really want to talk She wanted to be in his arain Before she could ainst that hard chest Burying her face in his neck, she breathed in his clean scent God, she loved the way he s fingers, soft and pliant and daet all the comfort she needed froet

"Are you happy?" he asked, his voice ru in his chest beneath her ear "Underneath all the uncertainty and the loss of control, are you in any way happy about this?"

"I a her hands stroke down his back and pulling him closer "I do want you to know that When I saw that first positive test, I was so terrified, I just…panicked And I don’t panic But after it sank in for a while… I don’t know I began to realize I don’t think I would change it It’s soain Now it’s happening"

"I’lad," he said "And I want you to know I’ you why you even bothered to tellone back to Dallas, and I’d have been none the wiser I know that"

"It’s okay I’ot pretty heated" She felt a little ridiculous having this conversation crushed against hi every conversation like this He felt too good and so, and he made her feel so warhts like that, she knew, but her heart and her horive a dah her hair, the way he coh of the feel of it "Want this wrapped around h so that her face tilted up to his Her eyes closed and her breath caught, waiting for his kiss to sweep her away "Guess we’re already in enough trouble, though, huh?"

Ie is already done I do hope you’re clean, though? Because obviously soet myself tested for you, but no, there’s no reason whatsoever to think I wouldn’t be I’ht to her toes, lifting her ht tonight was for talking?"

"Didn’t we just have a breakthrough?"

He gave her bottoue "Did we?"

"Day by day, re to know each other?"

"Isn’t this getting to know each other? Kiss me," she whispered

His lips curved, separated from hers by only a breath "I already kno you kiss"

Oh, she was going to kill hih And fked her She hadn’t really thought about itwithout an orgasm or three The first-tri, nauseated, emotional, horny--she could check each off her list She lifted her s you don’t kno I do" And she drew his earlobe between her lips and sucked on it, giving it a nip with her teeth at the end