“I love you,” I whispered, voice warm and adoring. The confession just slipped out, and it was shitty timing, but I’d never felt more sure about something in my life. Judging by the way the emotion swelled in me, sudden and overwhelming, I knew I’d felt it for far longer than I realized. Charlie scoffed but leaned in to kiss me, hard and quick. “I’m not saying it back until it’s romantic again. Huddled in the dark with a serial killer outside is not how I want my first real love confession to go.” I grinned even though he couldn’t see and kissed his temple. “Alright.” “But I do, you know.”
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