Page 133 of The Nicest Thing

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I couldn't seem to stop touching him.My hands moved from petting his chest to his biceps to his abs, hips, and back again.

Finn was the same way.

His hands were everywhere, but every few minutes, they'd move back to my hip and give it a squeeze.

"Finn?" I said after a while.

"Hmmm?"

"I love you."

When I looked up, he was smiling, a beautiful smile that was almost too big for his face.I didn't know if it was that post-orgasmic glow everyone talked about or my confession.But Finn was absolutely beaming.

"You mean it?" he asked.

I nodded, ducking my head, but he lifted my chin so I couldn't hide."I've been in love with you for a very long time.I was just afraid to tell you."

"Why?"

"Because you're four years younger.Because you're my roommate's little brother."

He scoffed, but I shook my head.

"That is forbidden territory, my friend."I winced."And that was another thing.I've never had a best friend like you.I was so afraid to lose you."

"That could never happen."

"Finn, you're my favorite person.Ever.I love you so much."

Finn kissed me then as if he couldn't help it.

"What was that for?"

"Because I love you," he said, running a hand through my hair, a look of awe on his face as if he couldn't believe it either."For telling me, for letting me know I'm not alone in this."

He paused.

"You really love me?"

"I do," I said softly then laughed.

"What?"

"I read that if a guy says 'I love you' before sex, it means he's just trying to get laid," I said, smile widening as Finn frowned."I don't believe it.But in the book, it's supposed to be more real if it's said after."

Finn nodded, rolled back on top of me, and my eyes widened, realizing he was hard again.

Or maybe he'd never gone soft.

I wasn't sure.

I just knew he felt so. damn. good.

And he wasn't even moving yet.Then he spoke the words that etched themselves on my heart.

"I love you, Rose.I'll tell you before, during, and after, as many times as you need to believe it," he murmured."Ready to go again?"

"Yes," I breathed, having never come down from the first time.

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