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"You're not going to hurt me."
"Really? If I end things now, it won't hurt?"
"Okay, yeah, it will. But that's the cost of a relationship, isn't it?" he asks.
"You sound like my sister."
"She must be a smart kid."
"She is." I rest my head on his chest. "I have my own problems."
"Everyone does."
"I don't know if I can share."
"It's not a race."
"You're this calm about it? Really?"
"I'm not calm." He rests his hand on mine. "I'm shaking. But I don't want you to go and that's bigger than anything."
"Anything?"
"Anything I can imagine. And I've got a great imagination."
Maybe.
But even with this right in front of his face—
Most people never imagine this possibility.
Patrick laces his fingers with mine. "Stay. At least tonight. You're upset. You shouldn't drive. I'll sleep on the couch."
"No."
"Imogen—"
"No. I don't want to go. You're right. I just… I don't want to mislead you."
"You want to be here?"
I nod.
"You like me?"
"Yes. But this isn't casual anymore. And there are things I should tell you. Important things."
"Is there someone else?" he asks.
"No."
"Then you don't need to tell me. Not yet."
"Really? That's the only secret that would hurt you?"
"No. But I'm a man. And I'm not better than my instincts," he says.
"Me either."
