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And it’s everything I wanted it to be.

Everything.

Chapter Forty-Two

Harlow

Painfully beautiful is what this is. Jace is the heaven in my life, and I want nothing more than to shout to the world that he’s mine.

He is mine, though.

Right now, we completely own each other.

There’s no yesterday or tomorrow. There’s only now. I rock on top of him and breathe out to his heartbeat. My thighs stretch over his as I rest my hands down on his stomach.

To say Jace feels amazing would be the understatement of the century. This boy feels like dancing in the rain, playing in the waves, and taking that first sip of a good drink after a long fucking day.

He lifts up and hits me in the best way. I lean down and kiss his chest, running my hands over scars, wondering how they got there and who hurt him.

Will I be a scar?

The thought crushes me, and I shut my eyes, trying not to cry, because this feels too good, too right.

I don’t want to ruin it.

Shut it off, Harlow.

Just be.

He runs his hands over the curve of my ass and grips before rising and covering me with his body. The bed hits the wall when he thrusts, the covers wrinkling beneath us, and I reach up and grab ahold of a pillow as my thighs tingle, my calves tighten, and my toes curl. Pure hot bliss prickles my spine, and I clamp my eyes shut as I come.

“Jace,” I say on a wave of pleasure.God, how many times I’ve wanted to do that.

He keeps up his pace, and a tear slips from my eye. I don’t know if he sees it. I hope he doesn’t. My heart is crying because it knows this is the only time we’ll have this.

I grab his neck and pull him down to me, kissing his lips, trying to convey everything I feel through our touch. I want to sayI love you. I want to tell him that everything that’s happening between us right now is the most honest thing I’ve ever done.

Loving him will never be a regret, but something I’ll always cherish. Maybe one day I’ll tell my daughter.

There was a man that I loved completely.I would urge her to find her true love and warn her to never give it up, because some of us don’t get the choice.

Jace moves his head to the crook of my neck and bites as he comes. I relish in the warmth of his body. I kiss his cheek, and, in my mind, I tell him that I’ll never forget this.

Not ever.

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Later that night while Jace slept, I stayed up and watched the rise and fall of his chest and the way the sheets rested against his stomach. I slid out of bed and slipped on his T-shirt before creeping quietly outside.

The pavement around the pool was wet, the scent of rain floating in the air. Frogs croaked in the distance, and the clouds rolled gently away from the moon. I sat down on the covered swing and brought my knees up to my chest.

I hugged myself and there… I sobbed.

Chapter Forty-Three

Jace

“I want to show you something,” I say to Dalton as we move on the dance floor. Dalton might not like night clubs, but she fits right in beside me. The lights color her beautiful face. Her eyes shine, and her smile is only for me. Finally, I had her.

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