“I needed to be close to you. Watch you sleep, watch you breathing.” “Living,” I exhaled. “That’s right.” “Life is living.” My voice quaked as I echoed his words to me from that first night at the lake. “If you’re not living exactly the way you want to live, then what’s the point?” Our foreheads melded together, his mouth a toe-lift away. Boldness shot through me as I pulled all the way up and flicked my tongue against his bottom lip. “Tell me goodnight, Reed.” He stared at me, locking on a breath. The world fell away. Reason disintegrated. Longing dominated the raging war. Temptation was a
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