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So to the letters they’d taken froh my stuff? Why had they exposed Jules’ letters to me like that? To hurt me? To hurt Jules? The puzzle of who’d found Jules’ letters toover my head and the breadcrumbs of what that meant for my future was an unshakable prickle of fear What else were they digging into, and why? Did they wantto use it as so later once I had money? A threat I couldn’t face down estion had shoved a new terrible thought intoI didn’t even want to entertain it Alexis was family She’d love Jules as much as I did

There was still soti else pale in comparison

“Good ainst me

Morning wood had nothing on what I had right now She ht not see it, but Jules was the sexiest woman I’d ever met She made it so easy to fall into the drea, and late nightssex—I saw a home with her in our future The complete picture There wasn’t anyoneas I needed to make her believe it was true But there was still a bit of unfinished business left hanging

“There was a lot going on last night”

She dropped her gaze and nodded, taking her position against my chest

“And we didn’t talk about everything” I kissed her temple

Lifting her head, she stared up at me “What else is there? I’m an open book”

I pushed her hair back behind her ear “I want to knohen I get to experience everything The Letter Girl pros TLG described sent me from damn-I-need-that to I’ll-kill-someone-if-I-can’t-touch-her-now territory

Her eyes widened and her breath caught “Everything”

“Everything” I tapped her on her nose “You’ve been holding out on

time, Frenchie”

The sides of her neck and up to her cheeks were bright red “I wouldn’t say that” She toyed with the edge of the blanket covering us

“Why not? Those letters were holy shit levels of hot I’ disappear-into-my-room-for-an-hour and can-only-cool-off-with-a-cold-shower hot”

“Really?” Her voice pitched up and the flush of her cheeks set in deeper