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Unzipping his jeans, he wastes no ti ent thrusts

I drag ers down his back as he drives intome like it’s the last time

Ten years ago, Wyatt promised to wait for me, to save himself for me, to marry iving myself to him anyway I can’t kill the deep-seated want I have for this man It’s in my marrow In my soul In every fiber of my body

Hisas our bodies ether in sweet exhaustion Ame into his arms, both of us breathless and half-clothed

I rest in this quiet aftermath, too tired to think about what any of this uiled to care

Toardless

All we have is tonight

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Wyatt

I’ outside the back door of the Whiskey Springs High gymnasium, when Ivy Forsythe spots me

“Hey, Wyatt, you going in?” she asks

I wasn’t going to coainst rets about devouring her body until the sun caet myself in trouble

My self-control groeaker every tiht in her eyes that only comes around when she’s with me

I spentin ive raduated together, it’s only natural that we’d both be here tonight

“Yeah,” I say “I’ll head in in a bit”

Ivy wrinkles her nose but smiles anyway “Okay … Beau’s in there You should say hi when you see him”

“Will do”

She reaches for the door, turning back “Blaire’s here too”

“I figured as much”

“You know, out of everyone in our school, I always thought the two of you would be the ones to make it,” she adds with a wistful tone