“Until we were together, I hadn’t really understood what it meant to love a person, to worship someone with your body,” Ben said. “That’s what you have to swear to do in the marriage vows, and I can’t make that promise.” “Is that what happened between us?” Phillip’s voice wasn’t skeptical, only curious, but Ben felt put on the spot, called to explain something he didn’t quite understand. “I’m fairly sure that’s what I was doing, but I can only speak for myself. All I meant was that it meant something to me to be with you. And—” he took a deep breath “—I know I mean something to you, and I felt
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