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hands so she can’t look away and I press my forehead to hers. “Don’t think that, Cara. You’re not used. Fuck.” I pull slightly back and lock eyes with her. “Don’t let them make you feel worthless, because you’re fucking priceless.” She’s so beautiful as her eyes light up and a slow smile pulls at her lips. “You think I’m priceless?” she whispers. “I risked my life twice for you, Cara. I’ll keep risking my life until I die, if it means I can keep you safe, because you are priceless.” She brings her hands to my chest, and then slides them up to my shoulders.
“I more than like you a little bit,” I whisper, but then I get serious. I’ve never told her how I felt and that’s why she’s so unsure of us. “It’s not just about the sex, Cara.” Her eyes dart away from my face. She’s very uncomfortable with the word sex. I make a mental note not to use it again. Her hands start to slip from my chest and I quickly grab them, holding them in place. “I live you.”
Her eyes dart up to my face and then I see the confusion wash over her features. “Love is too much like hate. They are emotions that
come and go. Life, that’s a different ball game. You get one life. I live you, Cara. You’re my life.” Her mouth starts to tremble but...
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“I’m not angry,” I whisper. “It just hit me that I’m alone. I have no family. I don’t know who you really are.” I suck in a deep breath and whisper, “I just feel so alone.” I feel him turn on his side, his eyes on me. “I’m just a man in love with a kick-ass girl.” I chuckle and turn on my side, too, looking into his eyes for the first time in days. I’m glad it’s dark so I don’t get the full impact of those grays. I want to make a joke to break the tension but instead a sob
bubbles over my lips and the words come out thick with tears, “So you won’t leave me?” He moves closer to me, and then his fingers brush over the curve of my cheek. “Never.” “Not even when I grow old and fat?” He laughs and leans in until I can feel the heat of his breath on my lips. “Not even then.” He presses a kiss to my lips and then whispers, “I live you, Cara. I live for you, and I’ll die for you. There’s nothing here for me but you.” “I live you, Alex,” I whisper, and he pulls back.
