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“You’restubborn and demanding, Oliver.”
“Thank God you’re so sweet and mellow, then.” I steal a kiss.
Hannah rolls her eyes, then shoves at my chest. “Get off. You’re all sweaty.”
I roll onto my back, watching her head into the bathroom. “I was going to swim. Want to come?”
“I’m supposed to go over to Scarlett and Crew’s to borrow a dress for dinner. I got distracted, after buying the test.”
“My dad took their kids to get ice cream. So now probably isn’t the best time to go over there,” I say, rolling off the bed.
“Okay, fine. I just need to put more sunscreen on.”
But when I walk into the bathroom, she’s not applying sunscreen. She’s standing with her shirt lifted, staring at her flat stomach in the mirror’s reflection.
I step out of my khaki shorts and pull on my swim trunks, before walking up behind her. My head bends, kissing just above her collarbone before my hands land on her belly.
I rest my chin on the top of her head. “Any regrets?” I ask her. It’s our version ofyou okay?, since that’s all we were supposed to be. Regrets.
Even if I wasn’t staring at her face, I’d hear the smile in her answer. “Nope. You?”
“None.”
My arms tighten around her.
Hannah makes a sound of contentment deep in the back of her throat.
Her head tilts to the side, just enough for me to capture her lips with mine. It’s slow and certain. The languid kind of kiss you only share with someone when you’re certain they’re the person you’ll be kissing for the rest of your life.
It’s everything I thought I’d never have.
And…it’sreal.
THE END
