"Love is real," Rap says quietly. "And you’ve wanted it desperately for as long as I’ve known you." My nose tickles and the sharp heat behind my eyes kicks up again even as I continue to watch the group. "It may not be exactly like it is in your books, but it’s real. The passion, the devotion, the loyalty, exists in our actual world Belle, not just in your fantasy ones. And you deserve to have all of it." "Do I?" The words slipped by without consciously letting them out. I feel rather than see Rap smile a little. "You deserve it because you want it. And what I need all my lost girls to realize
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