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Not a Dream

Cassie

I opened , half terrified that it had all been a dreaaze quickly fell on Jack, sprawled on the bed next to ht of hie to wake him for round two Or was it three? All the eht jumbled within me and before I could fully process them, I realized I actually felt happy Apparently happiness had been eluding me for months now

My new reality flooded ht after sixa dozen red roses He looked me in the eye and told me he was sorry, that he loved ain I couldn’t believe he was standing there, and it took everything in ht of him I wanted to take him back into my life, but I needed to know that this time it would be forever

And noas lying next to et here and why he never contacted me, but honestly, at that moment, none of it mattered

At least, that’s what I tried to tell myself

My questions could wait, but I knew they couldn’t wait for long I didn’t have it in s slide without an explanation And honestly, Jack still had a lot of explaining to do

Slowly, I rolled out of bed, trying not to wake hi his strong ar me back into bed

“And where do you think you’re going?” Jack breathed against my neck

“Wherever I want, it’s h

“I didn’t say you could leave the bed ” He sounded so determined, I couldn’t help but snicker

“I don’t need your permission,” I shot back, and he rolled on top ofthe tip of my nose

“You have no idea how much I’ve missed your feisty attitude ”

“Well, I haven’t h, get off ”

“I’ ” His face twisted in a devilish sh