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“You rehly impressed

“I reend bestows upon me feels like a warm cocoon around my heart

“Come here,” he says as he pulls on my hand I don’t hesitate and slide across on soft sheets to hih mine and whispers in my ear, “Let me hold you for a while”

My heart slaht of tenderness he’s feeling right now I knoe both went into this with no expectations but the flow of things has taken us right here to thismore

It has to be

We lie like that for I don’t kno long It would be easy to fall asleep like this but I don’t want to ht now

Perhaps thinking I had indeed fallen asleep, Legend whispers, “Pepper?”

“Present and accounted for,” I reply softly

His deep chuckle vibrates frooes still and asks, “What do you think I should do about Lida?”

I go still as well, because I’ve purposely not given him my opinion on this He hasn’t asked me before and I didn’t feel it was hts to a child she gave birth to—and I don’t have the saame

“I really want your opinion,” he says quietly “Even if it’s contrary to s”

And I know his feelings clearly He’s so angry at Lida for abandoning Charlie in the first place, he doesn’t want to budge a single inch on letting her back in

I clear my throat “It really doesn’t matter what I think—”

“Just stop,” he says gruffly as he releases me He pulls his chin inward so he can look down at runtled expression “It does matter what you think or else I wouldn’t have asked you You certainly have no end to the opinions you giveelse, so please…tell me what you think about Lida”