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“It’s only a matter of time, baby.” He winks at me, smirking before he wets his lips with his tongue.

I get out of bed to put my underwear and bra back on. Grabbing a pajama shirt and bottoms out of one of the drawers in my dresser, I slip them on.

“So much for not being allowed in your bed, huh?” he asks, doing his best to hold in a smile.

“You planned this, you sneaky little shit. You purposely chose to sleep in the guest room because you knew this was going to happen.”

“Like you said. We were inevitable. It was going to happen sooner or later.” he smirks at me.

We’re in bed together. My bed.

This is wild.

“Dani, that was fucking mind-blowing. Best sex I’ve ever had.”

“You mean the only sex you’ve ever had.”

“Oh, shut up.” He rolls his eyes. “You know what I mean.”

“Make me.”

He places his hand on my cheek, pulling his body closer to mine.

I love the way he kisses me. The way he praises my body. The way he makes me feel. He makes me feel like I’m the most beautiful woman on the planet.

His lips let go of mine. “Oh, shit.”

“What?”

“How could I forget about Lizzie? I’m such a shitty brother. Why out of all the nights we’ve been together did we decide to have sex the night before she’s getting released from the hospital?”

Shit, he’s right.

“I guess we just needed to be a little selfish tonight.”

“You guess?” He breathes into my neck.

“Noah, there honestly wouldn’t have been a proper time for us to do this. Tell each other how we really feel about each other. See each other naked for the first time. Have sex for the first time. I guess that brings me to ask you this question. And I’m honestly terrified to ask it…” I trail off. “Do you regret it?”

“Why the hell would you even ask me that? Of course, I don’t regret it. I would do it all over again. And again and again. Tonight was the first night I didn’t feel alone. I didn’t feel like the world was crashing down around me. Because you’re here with me. Dani, you make me the happiest guy in the entire fucking world.”

A sigh of relief washes over me.

I never want him to leave.

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

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My eyes slowly open as I stretch my arm out to the space next to me. The empty space next to me.

Noah’s gone.

Was all that stuff he told me last night bullshit? Did he just use me so he could lose his virginity? No, that can’t be it.

I hope it’s not. If it is, he’s the same asshole I remember him being all those years ago.

I rub my eyes, turning my head towards the windows, I see sunlight sneaking into the room through the curtains.

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