Chapter Twenty
“I don’t know how you do that,” she murmured a few minutes later. “Every time is the best time.”
“It’s all you, Kiana. It’s never been like this for me.”
She was quiet for a minute. “I think it’s us then.”
I nodded. “I can live with that.”
We cleaned up and crawled into bed. Fear swept in, telling me I was going to hurt her. As if she knew what I was thinking, she turned to face me.
“You know I’ll be okay, right?”
“I know,” I said, kissing her softly.
“And we’ll be okay.”
I nodded.
“I’m not afraid of you.”
I sighed. “I hope you still say that tomorrow.”
“I’m not sure if I thanked you, but I really appreciate you staying here tonight. I really didn’t want to be alone.”
I nodded again. “I didn’t want you to be alone.”
“Thank you.”
She burrowed into me and was sn
