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"Get her dropped off all safe and sound?" I ask hie of the bed to take his shoes off

"Yeah," he says as he gives lance over his shoulder "I also stopped by Marek's on the way back"

This catchesthe sheet up with me to cover my chest Sex can wait a few minutes "How is he?"

Reed's head turns back to focus on his shoes and socks When he has them removed, he stands up and pulls his T-shirt over his head I try not to ogle him, and it's made easier by the worry in his voice and on his face when he turns to me "No clue He wasn't there Gracen said he took off three days ago with Holt and she hasn't seen him"

"What?" I exclai up even further in bed

Reed nods with an annoyed expression "She said she's hardly seen hiot here The first few days he would stay away all day, leaving her and Lilly at the house, and would coht after Lilly was in bed She said he's hardly spoken a handful of words to either of them"

"He can't do that," I say orry "I know it's hard on hiot a child who has to be confused as hell"

"I know that," Reed returns glumly as he strips off his shorts and underwear

God, he's gorgeous

"What should we do?" I ask, and then htly blank as Reed crawls across the bed towardand bunching, and his eyes are focused intently on me

"We should talk about it after I ht smile

Talk about what?

Reed deftly pulls the sheet down my body and I slouch back down onto the mattress He comes to hover overup before we even look at the outside world"

"We haven't fully made up?" I ask him coyly

Stretching out his frae hand to cup h me and I can't help but arch into his touch He chuckles as he dips his head, his ers pluck at my nipple and I moan "Reed, please"

"Please what?" he whispers against my mouth "What do you need?"

I need sos For him to fill me up

I need it all

But most important, I need to let him know I feel for him the way he feels for me

"I love you," I say as I pull slightly away from his kiss

Reed's head jerks back and he looks at me with his eyebrows draard I can read the mixture of disbelief and hope on his face

"What?" I tease hi my hands to his cheeks "Why is that a surprise to you?"

He shakes his head "It's justI've never heard those words from a woman before"

"And how do they feel?"

"Impactful," he says simply "I felt them everywhere"

"Good answer," I say with a grin, and pull his face down to mine The kiss this time is unlike any we've ever had It's not so ainst each other, but about the e around us I can feel the bond between us stretching like a rubber band, and then springing back to hold us together tightly

Reed groans and then turns his face to the side, burying his face into me neck "I love you, Josie So much"

"I know," I whisper as ht to me "I knew it before Aiden even said as much"

Lifting his head, Reed grimaces down at ood dude and has helped us see the light, but the rule is he doesn't exist right now"

"Deal," I say with a sincere nod of my head "Noould very much like you to fuck me"

Reed gives me a beautiful sth of hiainst my pubic bone We just stare at each other ahis hand down between o

A soft sigh gushes out of ers find er intountil his knuckle presses into my flesh

"Josie," Reed murmurs, and I realize ht over s"

"Like what?" I groan as I wiggle my hips to feel more of him

His hand rotates and his thuainstcaet time off?"

My head spins becauseaway froe to nod "Yeahum, sure"

"How do you feel about Minnesota?" he asks

"Huh?" I grunt as he slides his finger slowly out of me

"Minnesota," he repeats as he starts to rub ain

I can't do it I can't hold a conversation with hi his move about Minnesota right now?"

Laughing, Reed bends down and rubs his nose against o home to visit my family, and I'd like you to come with me"

I blink at hihhis parents

"Okay," I breathe out hat I' inside "I'd love to"

"And then we'll head over to California and visit yours," he continues

"Wow," I say softly as I release my hold on his hand "This is it, huh?"

"The start of so unbelievably fantastic?"