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been the

s him with lips that didn't tremble with guilt. But every time she closed her ey

otel on Third and Bennett-just for one last goodbye-she told herself she woul

oodbye energy when she

anging in the air. He was already there, sitting on the edge of the bed, h

all her streng

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ricity. He stepped closer, and she could smell him

voice a whisper. "Say it, and I w

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breath from her lungs. She clung to him like a woman starved, her fingers threading through his hair as

is shirt followed. She straddled him on the mattress, their mouths moving in

mach. She gasped as his hands spread her thighs, his mouth trailing

t f

is name left her l

ans rising like music. Her nails raked down his back. He kissed h

asn't just sex. It was memory. It was longing. It w

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didn't

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lying

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is phone and d

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u to follo

her like smoke from a battlefield. She scrubbed at her skin u

he co

as in bed pretending to sle

ng moment. Then leaned dow

you today,

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of white lilies on her desk at the gal

ed. Her face. Her smile. Her eyes cl

drawer before

gain, she didn't answer it-

ifferent. He came to be

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been

ked, and something about

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flipping her onto her back, "w

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you,"

ed at th

kno

essage from Danie

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