I kissed her, just briefly, a brush of lips and air. “You know how wild I am about you.” Her arms circled my waist, gripping me. “And I’m so wild about you.” “But there’s more.” She nodded. “For me too.” I lowered, keeping our lips inches apart, and I breathed in her coconut scent. An aroma that was stronger than the ocean. And I felt something that was deeper than anything I’d ever experienced with another woman. “Fuck …” I pressed our noses together, needing her to feel my words as I said, “I love you.” And then I kissed her. Harder this time. Emptying my chest. Emotionally surrendering. “I
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