“When I saw you with her on screen—” “I was saying good-bye to the girl I’d once fancied, and I think, to the man I’d been who’d fancied her. Only that. Don’t cry. Here now.” He brushed her tears away with his thumbs. “Don’t cry.” “I feel stupid.” “Good. So do I.” “I love you. Scary.” She pushed up again, and this time into his arms. “So fucking scary.” “I know.” She felt him tremble when he pressed his face to her neck. “Don’t leave me again. God. God. Don’t leave me again.” “I didn’t.” “Part of you did.” He moved her back, and his eyes swarmed with emotion. “Part of you left me, and I
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