I didn’t know what I wanted from her, but I knew I wanted her. I knew she haunted my thoughts and invaded my dreams until she was the only thing I could see. And I knew that being with her was one of the few times I truly felt alive. “I want you.” I didn’t need to dress the truth up with flowery language; it was powerful enough on its own. “We’re not dating other people, Red. I don’t give a fuck what the original terms of our arrangement were. Do you want to know why?” A hard swallow disrupted the delicate lines of her throat. “Why?” I lowered my head and wound my hand through her hair,
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