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GABRIELLA
PAXTON WATCHED ME while I unpacked my clothes in the spare bedroom. My mind was a jumbled mess, thinking of who would be leaving me the messages. Every time, I came up blank.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
I folded up the last two shirts and put them away before joining him on the bed. “Yeah, I’m fine. It just sucks not knowing.” I laid down beside him and placed my head on his chest, listening to the steady beat of his heart.
“You know I’m not going to let anything happen to you, right?”
“So what are you going to do, rescue me if something happens?” I teased lightly. “Like a super hero?”
“If need be,” he answered in all seriousness. Shifting his weight, he lifted up on his elbow. “I will do whatever I have to. If something happened to you, I’d spend every waking hour search
