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“Just think how unhappy you’d be, then, if you’d been the sunrise”

So new and beautiful flowered within her In spite of herself

Lacey slass

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

HE THOUGHT ABOUT having sex with her About once ahis mind on their conversation More when they weren’t actually talking, like when she bent over to look in the pond to oldfish—all of which had names She learned them, too

He thought about sex with her a lot as they ate and she slipped the fork between her lips and back out again

But he thought of a lot of other things, too Like how ain

Alone And when Levi was home

They talked a little bit about the world, society Mostly in ter times Her views mirrored his, and he hadn’t even told her where he stood Not that that surprised him

He had no idea who up there was in charge of this stuff, but he actually had the thought that maybe she had been picked especially for him

He also knew that he was getting way ahead of himself

She’d agreed to have dinner with hiet married

Not that he was getting married, either He just wantedmore

Sex, yes, but even more than that

The sun had set Their dishes were empty—Jem had eaten the last couple of bites of steak from her plate They each had a little wine left in the bottoh to take inside with them