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His hands, his mouth, his soul…all those parts of him knew every square inch of her body This part was new, but it was a part of him, too

He laid the palm of his hand over her stomach “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I…” She shook her head and opened the door wide “Cohtened Of hiiven her any reason to fear him before Even when she’d broken up with hiht to be leery A part of him wanted to scream at her To take her by the shoulders and shake her until she carab her into his arms and tell her he’d do whatever it took to

human Band-Aid

The overwhel inside her cah him The hell with her parents and whatever it was they wanted for her

All he cared about hat she wanted for herself

They sat down on the living room couch, but he was careful not to sit too close Even with nothat loose T-shirt and shorts, she still had the power to take his breath away He wondered if he would ever feel different about her In that moment, he didn’t think he ever could

“I should have told you, I know, but…” she shrugged, “there’s nothing you could have done about it, so as the point?”

“Did you know? When you broke up with me?”

She avoided his gaze “I didn’t know for sure, Iit off, but…deep down, I knew I know, it was stupid, but I was so scared”

“Scared of what?” he whispered

She glanced up at him “I think I was afraid if I told anyone, that they would make me…”

“Get rid of it?” he finished for her

She nodded

He struggled to keep his voice cal the baby up for adoption” At the er he’d never seen before “Don’t be ht I knew”