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“Yes!” She didn’t even hesitate before framing his face again between her hands and whispering against his lips, “I have loved you day in and day out. And I will love you always.”
Her mouth moved against his, seducing him, drawing him away from himself and into her. Not a kiss of wild passion. An intimate kiss of connection and unity and love and trust.
Their breaths mingled into one, their mouths doing all the extra talking for them.
And the flicker of hope grew larger, brighter, warmer, until he couldn’t feel anything but her love for him and his for her.
“I love you,” he breathed on her lips, wrapping his arms around her, crushing her against his chest, holding onto her so tightly she could scarcely breathe. He felt her gentle and strong presence soothing his heart, tangling wit
