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Brant’s hands stilled and then caain, scooting it closer “Belle, we’re here to enjoy New York, not make it into Kentucky” His eyes moved over my face, concern in his expression “Sweetheart, I know you’re ho to love it here and look forward to co back It took me some time too, but I promise you, this will feel like a second home before you know it”
I nodded and when he put his hand on my cheek, I leaned in to his touch “I know” He sly made out of the same mysterious material as so many other pieces in this apartment “What is this?”
Brant raised a brow “Is that a trick question? It’s a table”
“No, I mean, what material is it made from?”
He frowned, looking down at it “I don’t know Does it matter?”
“You bought a table and you don’t even knohat it’s made from?”
He reclined in his chair, regarding ht be slightly crazy “A designer picked it out I just ith it”
“Huh,” I said, running ed to hiner had picked it out It struckone step re
That night I drea fordesperately at the swirling white, but she only seemed to fade farther away, out of my reach I woke up with tears onfor the tiny person as no longer there Too far away You’re too far away My heart felt crushed beneath the weight of the love that now had nowhere to go
Brant gatheredwords of co of the dreaainst ainst hi within ht he first made love to me in the old distillery He worshippedere there, under a dusty paint tarp in an abandoned building rather than the luxurious king-sized bed made up with silken sheets
Afterward, I lay in his ar I turned into his chest, breathing hih he were my shelter in a storm “I love you,” I murmured, because I did, and I couldn’t hold the words back any longer I loved him
His heartbeat sped up beneathelse seemed to still I held my breath for a beattwo and then released it on a loud exhale His hand resu movement up and down my arm from a moment before, and he leaned his head down and kissed my temple A lump formed in my throat and my heart thudded dully in my chest “BelleI”
I shook ainst his chest “No, Brant, it’s okay I didn’t mean to put you on the spot—”
“Christ I don’t even think I’m capable of love”
I tiltedat him The expression on his face was sotormented “Everyone’s capable of love”