file on my des
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better when I
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or. Then at the co
what I liked. And somehow, h
chair back.
to the railing and gripped it with both hhit my face hard enough to make my eyes water. For a few se
behind me. I closed my e
les
turn. "
d the concrete.
ded a
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nd the railing. "I didn't
y you needed
feet away, one hand wrapped arou
ghtly. "You left
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. Our fingers brushed. I p
returning to my face. He didn't say anything.
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re up
m f
ightened. "
rred beneath the rooftop ra
. I waited. One second
back. "Th
ed. "What else am
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n't k
e." He took
pped
oncern. The same concern he'd shown me for five years. The
bother you
drew toget
marrying
want to m
n't what
shoulders lowered slightly. "Caleste, if you
d around the cof
at's the
really didn't know.
ou care
me immediatel
ame his next words. "Be
t reached my lips. I lo
closer. "W
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les
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ed. "Sto
d. "Being
ssion fel
're making t
r y
odd
nely lost. "I'm
as barely a sound. "
rming in his eyes. I could see the question forming in h
plain it
slightly. I set it on the railing before he could notice.
d, thinki
ooked
adn't
until two in
t want to
when you held me after my f
es
ee hours because I
me softer thi
omo got
emem
mine. "Caleste, w
s dug into my palm. "Y
mile touched his mou
my hea
le disa
verything becau
in. "You show up. Y
didn't le
ple feel like
id no
d. "And I
. For one humiliating second,
step toward me.
y head. "
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h me. His hand stopped in midair. That t
o look at him. "Y
ed together. "
ped before I could stop it. I
could see the con
h. "I've loved you f
wind pushed my hair across my fa
arted. No
laugh. "I kept waitin
rched mine.
my head.
ed my lips together, trying
low." Another tear slipped down
years is a long time to w
e took a breath. Then anoth
ad been terrified to hear. I looked away befo
the same way." I
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