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Our eyes lock and God, the look on his faceAdoring He’s all I ever wanted, and in this ht here, only now

Mine

I pause, wanting to hold onto this, needing the fragilesolid I can treasure forever, but Daniel rocks up againstinto stardust with a screaain I hear an animal roar echo as Daniel thrusts insideundone in ainst him, into the velvet darkness, and I know, I’ve just est mistake of my life

He’s all I’ll ever want Only him

And he’ll never belike I just run a marathon Every muscle aches, and for a moment I wonder what the hell happened to , and there she is: curled up asleep in e T-shirt, her hair splayed out across the pillow, her chest rising and falling with steady breaths, looking so beautiful it takes my breath away

Lacey

Everything that happened last night sla …

The sex

My god, the sex

I sit up, careful not to disturb her My ood she felt The slide of her body beneathed inside her, and she couldn’t hold herself back fro like it

I catch ain just froreatest night ofcouldn’t be more out of character if I tried, butabout her set , and stripped me down to the most basic essence

I wanted her, I needed her, and God, I took her

Lacey lets out a soft, breathy noise besidean unexpected tightness in my chest Like this, she looks innocent and free, a world away froht But that’s Lacey, I’irl, spontaneous and up for a good time She’s smart, and brave, and fiercely loyal too Hell, she would have walked to Beachwood through the blizzard if she could just to be there for Juliet