“I love you. I have only ever loved you.” The truth of those words tightened his chest. “I know,” she said, a nearly inaudible reply. “Do you?” He was not sure she could ever understand the depth of his feeling, how completely and utterly grateful he was for every moment he had with her. But then, he also could not pretend to understand her either. As much as he had hoped, as much as he had wished for a reprieve from this world, a single bright spot in his life, she had too. “I know,” she said vehemently. “I love you. I just want everything. I want more. I want all of you.” “You have it,” he
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