“You couldn’t have loved me then. You didn’t even know me.”
“Yeah, well, I was in lust in a way I’d never been in my life, and it didn’t take much to tip me over the edge.”
She bit her bottom lip and whispered, “I love you, too.”
His arms tightened and a look of satisfaction crossed his face. “That’s good to know, baby, because you’re stuck with me. Forever.”
His mouth came back down on hers and her fate was sealed.
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