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“Me too,” I whisper back.
Can he trust me with his heart?
“We should probably go get washed up.” I chuckle as he holds me tightly.
“No,” he murmurs sleepily. “I just want to hold you.”
I don’t fight him, even if there's a mess of cum between us, and I can feel him leaking out of my ass.
I don’t want to move, I want to stay like this, in this moment forever. Just him and me. Just how I wish it could be for the rest of our lives.
“Okay,” I murmur, closing my eyes and letting my body sink into his warmth. “Just for a little bit.”
“No,” he murmurs. “Forever.”
Chapter 18
Levi
It’s my Nan’s birthday today. And every year we throw this big family barbecue. Sadly, I missed the past two years, just like every other holiday.
I’m excited for it, but also feel beyond guilty that I’ve picked work and extra money over family. I was blind to it back then because my family understood, but now that I think about it, it was selfish of me.
You’re not guaranteed forever with the ones you love, and you should spend as much time as you can with them before they’re gone.
It’s sad that it took spending time with my fake boyfriend to actually start enjoying and living my life.
Speaking of my fake boyfriend, the whole family thinks we’re together. This is the first time we’re going to be around my family since my sister’s wedding. I’m not sure how we’re supposed to act. I didn’t ask Austin about it because I didn’t want to make things weird.
Maybe I’m overthinking it. Honestly, how Austin acts with me, even when people aren't around, it’s like we’re actually dating. The touches, the kisses, the smiles that make me melt. So, he’s already got that spot on.
The only things I’m dreading are the questions. We’ve gotten a few at the wedding, like how long we were dating, but it was my sister’s wedding, and all the attention was spent on her, as it should have been.
Now, there’s more time for questions, and it’s been two months now, so I know we’re going to get even more questions.
And I don’t know how to answer them. Because they’re going to be lies, only they’re not?
Austin and I are fake-dating. But at this point, is it even fake anymore? Everything about the connection between us feels real. I see the way he looks at me, and I know it’s not how just a friend looks at another friend.
Only, I don’t want to ask or bring the conversation of feelings up, just in case I’m wrong and mess up the good thing we have going on.
This little bubble I’ve built with Austin is perfect, and I don’t want anything to pop it.
I’ve never felt so loved and wanted in my life. No, he doesn’t outright say he loves me, but he shows me. And I’m not stupid, I know it’s not just for the act because he does it when we’re at home. Where no one is around to keep up the ruse.
I believe Austin likes me more than a friend. And I sure as hell know I’m in love with that man. I want to ask him if we can stop lying to ourselves and make this official.
We can’t keep playing pretend. We will have to have that adult conversation. Just not today. Or tomorrow. Maybe next week. Or next month.
Okay, I’m letting fear control my real-life issues, but that's tomorrow's problem.
“Do you think Nan will like it?” Austin asks, staring down at the gift he bought my grandmother.
“I think she will love it.” I smile. My Nan’s favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast, so Austin found this stunning forever rose. It looks exactly like the one from the movie.
He wouldn’t tell me how much he spent on it, but from the look of it, it’s a lot. There’s some sort of clear coating over the rose to preserve it, and the dome it’s in is real crystal. I’m pretty sure there are even some diamonds on it from the look of it.
My Nan is going to freak out, in the best way, and I can’t wait to see the look on her face.
