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Chapter One

Isabella

“Smile, baby, and tell me that you love me”

I kept my mouth an even line “I love you, baby, but I just can’t smile”

He didn’t speak Just watched h ht to the bone

I bit the inside of my mouth until I tasted blood

But I didn’t smile

The taste of my own blood was coppery and bitter

That’s what he tasted when he kissed me

And he did kiss me

He always did

He tasted like arettes

My favorite kiss flavor

The only kiss flavor

His

Ours

“You love me”

It wasn’t a question

There was never a question about that Not since ere thirteen

We’d loved each other since then, and we’d love each other until neither of us were breathing There were many reasons why I loved him, like the way he kissednot to s, no matter what Hoore a hard and serious uy’ so well that almost everyone believed that’s who he was