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It’s hard to see through the tears, to breathe through the heartache. Jace holds my face in his hands again, his thumbs working overtime to clear my tears, my anguish.
For months I’ve searched and searched, and I didn’t even know what I was looking for, but I do now.
I needed closure.
I needed answers.
I neededJace.
I grasp his wrists, holding him to me before I kiss him. Once. Twice.
He pulls away, saying, “It’s not because I hate you.”
Dazed, eyes half-hooded, I murmur, “Huh?”
“Before… you assumed I couldn’t look you in the eyes because I hated you, and you’re wrong. It’s not because I hate you…”
I shake my head. “Then what?—”
“Youintimidateme,” he says.
I rear back, offended. “Intimidate?How?”
“Because you’re…” he trails off, his gaze flicking between my eyes.
“I’mwhat?” I push.
“You’re so insanely beautiful, Harlow… and that beauty is intimidating.”
The taste of my tears merge with the scent of his lips when I kiss him again.
His grip tightens, and he tilts his head, deepening the kiss, and when he runs his tongue along the seam of my lips, begging for entry, I give in to his needs. To mine.
Before I’m ready, he pulls away, struggling for air, and asks, “Are we still faking it?”
My lips a whisper from his, I shake my head.
Hesmiles.
And it’s in this moment that I fall.
Hard.
Deep.
In the company of darkness, Jace Rivera becomes my light.
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