“I want to tell you something.” “What is it?” He doesn’t open his eyes, and he doesn’t sit up when he says, “I think I love you.” I freeze, even as my heart beats wildly in my chest. “Think?” He’s silent for a moment, then he turns his head in my lap and meets my gaze, his mossy-colored eyes swimming with confidence. “No,” he admits. “I know with every cell in my body that I love you, Hunter. I didn’t want to say it earlier and make you think I was just saying it because—”

