“You were dead to the world, enough that I began to worry. But you woke briefly, gave me a kiss, told me I’m the best lover in the universe, and that you love me.” For a brief moment, I feared I might’ve. But then I noticed the gleam in his gaze as he watched a brief flit of panic across my face. “I did not,” I protested, struggling to sit up in indignation. He smirked, effortlessly keeping me against his side with a small flex of his arm underneath my shoulders. “No, but I can dream.” “That’s what you dream about?” I asked, huffing, trying to calm my thundering heart. “Yes,” he said. “That’s
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