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Leaning down, Alex kisses s to avoid the ine it’s going to be hard to reach her right now She’s tried them twice…both times she didn’t die but experienced escape fro you could say to her, Sutton, that will get her to stop You’re just going to have to keep plugging aith her, and hope that you will eventually get through ”

I letthroughat her and pray to God that she will be careful

“Let’s try to get some sleep,” Alex says as he continues to stroke ym ”

“Okay,” I whisper, wiggling in tighter to him as I wrap my arm securely around his waist

I listen to the sounds of our breathing even out and grow more measured Just as my eyes start to droop, I hear Alex say, “Sutton?”

“Yeah?”

“You reached me When no one else ever has ”

My eyes pop wide open and my heartbeat skips erratically over his words They aremy confidence, because Alex Crossman by admitted history has some dark demons in his closet I have no clue what they are because he hasn’t shared them, but I do know that they have shaped the person he used to be And I do know that he’s apparently not the same person he was before we met

Tiltingive him a kiss “Thank you,” I tell him with a smile on my face

He squeezes htly and then I close my eyes and drift off to sleep

Chapter 17

Alex

“This is starting to become a habit,” Sutton pouts but she doesn’t sound in the least bit perturbed

“It’s a good habit, don’t you think?”

“Oh, yeah I’ this a permanent habit ”

We’re sitting on the floor ofdelivery pizza fro one ofelse I hastily threw on a pair of workout shorts when the pizza dude rang the doorbell

I had intended to cook dinner for her tonight, so I’ve never done for another woht another woman dinner in my life

Yes, my plan was to cook dinner, then see if I could surpass the heights we reached last night when she confronted h robe and a box of rubbers I don’t know that I had ever been so turned on in my life