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The huh

"I’e the distance between us and plant both hands on her slender hips

"I didn’t mean to be rude to your s" She holds up her hand when she sees , and I have a feeling she won’t say that kind of stuff anymore"

I nod slowly "You mean now that she knows you love me?"

"Yeah"

I search her beautiful face for aalways, huh?"

"Well, maybe not always," she concedes "I won’t lie, Tuck That connection you talked about e firstacross the roohs "All I felt was lust that night"

"I know"

"But it’s not just lust any tiure out you’re madly in love with me?"

"I don’t know Maybe on that ridiculous double date? Maybe when you took care of ot me the briefcase? When you punched out Ray in my honor?" Each word is lined onder "I don’t know exactly when, Tuck, but I know I love you"

A lu sooner?"

"Because I was scared And because I wasn’t sure if you actually lovedme? I lost my head for you the second we met You know that"

She stubbornly sticks out her chin "I figured you were thinking with your dick Guys do that"

I’ll give her that But I’ve never been one of those guys

"And then I got pregnant, and I orried you were confusing your feelings for the baby with your feelings for h her silky dark hair "But the biggest thing is…was…that I…I…"

I stroke her hips "You what?"

Tears cling to her long eyelashes "I can’t be the person who ruins your life I already turned you into a father earlier than you wanted to be one I didn’t want love to co I didn’t want…" She blinks rapidly "I didn’t want you to wake up one day and hate ainst et it, do you?"

"Get what?" she asks in a small voice

"You Me Us This" I spit out words as they pop into my head "You’re the one, Sabrina There’s no one else forand saw you on the side of the road? You better believe I’d rip out a spark plug or two if itto spend even five seconds in your presence You’re the fucking one"