Chapter 22
Alice pointedly looks at me and then back to Maggie as if to ask if she's okay alone with me. "Yeah, I'm good," Maggie says and gives her friend a hug. Once Alice is out of the room and I hear the guest room door at the end of the hall close, I turn my eyes to Maggie. "Sunshine…" I begin. "Not right now, Eli," she says, walking over to the kitchen sink and putting away her glass. "It's been a long day, and I just want to go to bed." Her shoulders sag, and I stand up, going over to her and resting my hands on them. She might not want me right now, but we've been like magnets since the moment we met, and if I'm in the same room with her, I have to be near her. I start to rub her shoulders, easing some of the tension, and her head falls back on my chest. "I was just going to say that I
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