“I don’t know,” I finally let the words tumble out. My head was against his chest, and I was glad I could focus on anything but him. “My first thought when you asked, was being with you. Because it’s true. Being with you makes me happy. I’ve been overwhelmed with so much joy these last few days just from being in your presence.” Like an addict who broke out of rehab and got their first hit. “When I imagined my life,” I continued, “it was being in love and being loved like the characters I had read in books. And it’s crazy because I have that. We are literally a friends to lovers romance.
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