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“The moment where I would get to see you again... touch you again.”

I swallow, unsure of what to say.

“IfI were to get that opportunity again, I promised myself I would take it without hesitation,” he breathes as he leans forward, his other hand sliding around my waist, sending an electric current through my entire body with a single touch.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Nathan

She still looks asbeautiful as ever before, her wavy dark brown hair flowing freely down past her shoulders. Those beautiful lips beckoning to be kissed. Her hand comes between us, and she places it on my chest. “Wait.”

Stopping, I pull back.

“Aren’t you with that blonde?”

Confused, I shake my head. “What blonde?”

“The one I saw you on the street with the other day outside a café... the same one who was talking to you inside the reception.” It’s cute how she’s clearly a little jealous, even after all this time. She may still feel something for me. Truth is, since her, I haven’t really been interested in anyone romantically. It’s always just been sex and nothing more. Purely to satisfy an itch. Wait a minute... she saw me that day?

I chuckle. “No, she’s Cassie’s mum.”

Her eyes go wide. “But she’s so young.”

“She had Cassie at a young age.” I smirk. “Am I crazy, or was that a little bit of jealousy I sensed in your voice?”

She blushes. “Even if it was... I don’t have a right to be jealous. It’s been five years; you deserve to find someone else who makes you happy.”

I can’t focus on anything she’s saying right now. “You saw me at that café, and you didn’t say anything. Why?”

She turns away from me, pulling out of my hold, she tries to walk away, but I don’t let her. I grab onto her wrist, pulling her back into me. Her eyes meet mine, the blue in them swirling, pulling me into them like a magnet. “I saw you, and I considered saying hello, but I didn’t know if you’d want to see me after this long. Then I chased after you down the street like an idiot, but I saw you helping Cassie’s mum out of her car... and I just assumed you were together, so I didn’t want to make it awkward or whatever,” she blurts out.

She chased after me? My heart picks up speed at her confession.

“Noah didn’t tell me he was inviting you... so when I saw you inside, I didn’t know what to do,” I confess.

“Well, that explains the awkward nod,” she jests, but her face falls. “I don’t expect the feelings to still be there, you know... I mean, we were only together a short time, and then...” She pauses, considering her next words.

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