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“So then what is this Levi?” she asks I can sense hesitation in her voice even as she tries to be strong

“I don’t know, Oakley…” I sigh “I just know that this isn’t the fling I thought it would be It’s turned into more…what exactly, I don’t know But it’s ained for”

Oakley nods and reaches forup next you…” Her voice trails off, and I know she wonders e’ll ever be able to wake up together again

“What ti her spoon in the coffee she has yet to touch

“In about an hour,” I say, feeling downcast as she looks

Oakley nods and gets upinto o home?” she whispers in my neck

The scent of wildflowers overpowers ured out what it is Her shampoo I leanto savor our last few ether

We sit like that for al onto each other until Oakley finally gets up and leaves without a word

I understand completely, there are no words that could describe what happened between us this weekend No words to explain the pain of her leaving after giving me so much of herself

I hear the terrace doors close quietly behind her and heave a heavy sigh before I crash all the flatware on the table with the sweep of my hand

I feel like a caged lion wanting to be set free, and yet the walls ofin on me a little more, every second I knoe have to see each other in secret

For a moment, I consider Sarah, John and Vayda’s reactions if we told the an affair The accusations, the hurt in their eyes and Vayda’s anger makes me realize there is no e could ever tell them—not without the aftermath of destruction it’d cause

I glance down at the shattered flatware on the floor and glance at the clock I had about thirty hter is home

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