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We lie together in a daze, until I realize we are now half subed in the water A wave suddenly crashes over us unexpectedly, the salt water a slap against my satiated skin Alex strokes my cheek

“I love you,” he says and I stare at him in wonder

“You do?”

“Yes,” he nods and he looks vulnerable all of a sudden, the need in his eyes raw The moment is so intense that my eyes fill with tears

“I love you too,” I whisper, and I know it’s the truth This is no longer soe crush I’m a woman now, and this is my man

“We should get back” He sits up and bringsin fast now”

I get up and reach forin the water a few yards away

“Oh no,” I groan Alex finds his shirt and hands it to me “Here It’s a little wet but not as much as your dress will be” I pull it over my head Luckily it comes down to my knees, but I hope we don’t bump into anyone we know on the way back

Back at the house we take a hot shower together to wash off the salt water, lazily kissing and stroking each other, before drying each other and curling up under the duvet As

“Get so to be a big day tomorrow”

Ah yes, ht now I feel deliriously, blissfully happy

This has happened so quickly it’s almost insane and I know that in so many ways this is a crazy relationship yet it doesn’t feel that way at all It feels cory, but surely when he sees how happy I am he will come round? Alex is the one

I love him Completely and utterly to the very depths oftear us apart now that he is finally mine

Not even my father

Chapter Fourteen