Chapter Twenty-Two
Wings of Desire
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
- Omar Khayyam
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Part of me knew I shouldn’t let him in.
I wouldn’t have if it weren’t for what Laney said to me a few night ago about being the boss of my own life; she made me realize that I needed to find the courage that I needed, the strength to finally go for it.
What Ethan and I had was no fluke. More like fate… and I couldn’t keep running from it. If it had been any other person—any other man, we wouldn’t have made it this far, but it had to be just right. It had to be him.
In the darkness of night, I could pretend it was over. All of the secrets, the lies. Even as I looked at myself in my bathroom mirror, my skin pink and s*x-blushed, I knew that morning would destroy us, bring our dec
