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“Home.”

She frowns. “You aren’t staying with me?”

“Do you want me to stay? I thought...”

“Oh...” She blinks and seems to catch on. I thought she didn’t want me around when she... wasn’t interested in my suggestion of... making her feel better in my own way.

She says, “I’m just not sure whether... Is it too much to ask for you to stay? The bed isn’t that big after all, and we’ll have to squish together to make it work.” She takes a shaky breath, so shaky that I can see it. My fingers tinkle for me to hold her tightly so she won’t fall apart.

I don’t care who hurt her. I have to make sure she is fine. I want to be with her and I’m sure we’ll be good together. I could feel it the first time I saw her. She feels different from all the other beings I’ve met.

“Winnie, it’s okay. We’re going to be fine. The bed survived the last night. It can survive tonight, too. If you want me to stay, I’ll stay with you.”

She nods and spreads her arms wide. “Yes, please. Stay with me.”

Does this mean she wants to give us a chance? For us to be mates?

Probably not. But maybe we’re getting closer. We don’t need to be mates to care for each other anyway.

I climb onto the bed. “So... Don’t you think you should at least shower before calling it a night?”

She sighs. “I suppose I should. I probably smell like a mess.”

I roll my eyes. “Stop putting yourself down. It’s not that bad. I bet I smell like a worse pile of mess.”

“I don’t understand why you’re that good at cheering me up.”

“Am I? I used to think I wasn’t that smart with my words. Beings always laugh after I’m done saying something.”

“Because you make them happy.”

“Happy because of how silly I am?”

“Now you’re the one putting yourself down.” She leans closer and pecks a kiss on my cheek before I can blink. “You’re pretty awesome.”

My cock twitches and a surge of heat rushes through my whole body. “Just pretty awesome?”

She winks. “Until... someday.”

“Hey! You can’t leave that and go away!” She hops to the side before I can catch her.

“It’s showering time, big guy.”

I suppose she has a way of driving me crazy, which I may or may not like.

Chapter 32

Winnie

I take a breath as warm water rushes down my body. I put on body wash, trying to ignore the tingles in my body and how...

I don’t have to keep thinking about Telke. He can stay in the bedroom on his own and we can cuddle without... getting his cock into me.

But it is going to feel good.

I shake my head as I spread the body wash onto my arms and so on. He is a good guy. He has a way of making me feel safe enough to tell him about my past, but...

Now... it feels like he can tell others and I’d be ashamed of myself.

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