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“Try to be your girlfriend. I want to try to be together.” I swear my heart is going to beat out of my

chest. This is it. The moment I’ve wanted for four years.

“Are you serious?” I want to make sure she isn’t just saying this to make me happy. I want her to

want this as much as I want it.

“Yes. I want to try. I might suck at it, but I want to try.” She giggles, showing me just how nervous

she is. I can’t believe that she is willing to do this for me.

“I don’t think you could suck at anything,” I tell her.

She runs her fingers through my hair. “The thought of you being with another woman makes me

want to claw my eyes out.”

“Yeah, imagine how I’ve felt the past four years,” I mean it in a teasing way, but Celine’s face

falls.

“I’m so sorry, Ezra. I really am. I’m a little chickenshit.”

“You don’t need to be sorry. Everything happens for a reason, babe. As long as you’re here now,

that’s all that matters.”

She smiles at me, and I can’t take it anymore. I can’t hold myself back, and I don’t want to. I cup

her chin, and she dips her mouth to mine.

Just inches away from her lips, we pause, feeling each other’s breaths mingling.

I close the gap. I nip gently at her bottom lip and look up to her eyes for approval.

I repeat my movement, but this time I don’t pull away and move to her top lip, peppering her with

small kisses. Then I take on the full lushness of her lips. I press my lips to hers, and I feel her take a

sharp inhale.

This feels like we are committing to each other. This is us shaking hands on being together.

I move my hands to her ass and pull her closer to me, deepening our kiss. Our tongues twist and

twirl against each other. What started slowly has quickly built to something needier.

I need her, and she needs me. But more importantly, she wants me. This is what I’ve wanted for so

long. It doesn’t feel real yet.

I don’t care if we have to do long distance. I don’t care if I have to drive hours every weekend to

see her for an hour. Just knowing she’s mine and only mine is all I need.

Chapter 25

Celine