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He sits up, using his elbows for support to look at me.

The sight of his teary eyes and weary face has me broken, but I push through the pain and say, “I am happy.You make me happy.Even if this never happens again, Judah.You’re mine, I’m yours and that’s forever, remember?”

I wipe a tear from his face.“I love you.Always.There is no one better.That, I promise you.”

He leans down to kiss me again.With our bodies still connected, he kisses me with feeling and intention.I return his passion – his love and we keep this feeling, this fire between us.We make love again until we’re too weak to walk, so thoroughly satisfied, we can’t move.We breathe, pant, and heave, but we can’t move.

I call in at work to let them know I won’t be there.He calls in, too and afterward, we pass out in each other’s arms.

Chapter 35

I feel how I imagine Luna feels when she looks up at the moon.

High.

As a kite.

On Tuesday, I actually made it to work and in between phone calls, I try to answer all of Riley’s text messages zooming across my phone like they have frequent flier miles.I can hardly focus because every two minutes, all I hear isping, ping, ping, ping!

Autumn: Riley, stop blowing up my phone.

Riley: well, answer my questions, then.I want all the scoop.

Autumn: I’m good.The honeymoon was good.

Riley: So good that you didn’t go to work yesterday?Uh huh.When you didn’t answer yo phone, I called.They said you didn’t come in.

Autumn: stalker

Riley: call it what you want

Autumn: anyway, it was a dream.Bora Bora was amazing.I wish we could’ve stayed for another week.It was heaven on earth.

Riley: I knew it would be.I was living vicariously through you, watching videos online.*sigh* my turn is coming.

Autumn: yeah, if you would give somebody a chance, maybe…

Riley: yeah, yeah, yeah.Forget all that.Tell me more about your trip.

Autumn: we stayed in this gorgeous overwater bungalow.I mean just being there was so amazing, we didn’t have to do anything additional if we didn’t want.The water is so clear, you can see the fish swimming.We did a lot…came back exhausted, but our bond is a lot closer.

I don’t tell her that our bond is closer, too, because of what happened last night.Nobody’s privy to that information but me and him.Just thinking about the way we made love gives me chills.I didn’t want to leave the house this morning.He pinned me up to the wall by the front door and nearly snatched my tongue out of my mouth with his deep kisses.I could’ve fainted then and there.

Riley: it sounds amazing.

Autumn: it was.Maybe Nico will take you one day.hee hee hee…

Riley: Girl, you almost made me spit out my drink

Autumn: shut up.Ain’t nothing wrong with Nico.He’s cute, has a good job

Riley: Yeah, but he’s always trying to impress me.It seems very pretentious.

Autumn: you’re not going to find perfection in anyone.

Riley: you did!

Autumn: I did, didn’t I?

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