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“I love you too, Brandon I alill”

We lie in silence for what ht be hours before we finally drift off into a deep sleep

Both sharing the same dream

A time in the not too distant future, where we sleep like this every night

A cool breeze blowing through a large

The delicate sounds of tiny babies breathing softly in their crib right next to our bed

Chapter Seventeen

Ashlee

I waited too long I should have given myself to him sooner

It’s the only thing I can tellaftershocks from the most incredible shared climax with Brandon

Hearing hi him the same, it’s a pact we make

I know nobody’s told him they love him, and it’s the first time in my life I’ve heard those three words just for me

It’s as powerful as e’ve both just experienced, maybe even more so

I nestle back into his war the carpeted floor of my tiny room, we’re both exhausted Spent as he pulls the covers over us both

I could try to fight off sleep, but feeling him still inside me, as hard as ever, it’s like a medicine that’s healed every hurt

Righted every wrong

It’s the safest and sexiest I’ve ever felt and I tumble into a sleep that’s as deep as I’ve fallen for him

With everything that’s happened Losingwith Brandon, as well as the last minute alteration

I forgot to setan inch now that he has what he wanted, he sleeps in the same way I did, deeply

The sound of runt and shift in his sleep, gripping hter so I almost can’t reach it

“Hello?” I croak, my voice full of sleep andand now that I think about it, actually screa Brandon’s name

“Ash? Where are you? I forgot the dam keys, can you open up? It’s past nine already…”

I sit up with a start, even freeing rip

Crap It’s Mark

He sounds terrible still, but he’s right

We’re supposed to be open