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I think I’ve loved you since the day you fell into my arms in an airport terminal. I’ve just had to wrestle myself to face the truth, and in the process, I wound up fighting you.
I’m sincerely sorry for that.
So sorry I made it difficult to be with me.
And I’m sorry I made you walk on eggshells around me. That’s a sin when you should be free to be as wild as you are with me.
I want you, Elle.
Don’t care about the name on what that means.
Girlfriend, fiancée, whatever.
Just give me what’s real.
Because now I know that I love you, I can’t stop, Elle Lark.
I know you love Inky. Can you ever love another awkward penguin?
August
Go ahead and laugh.
I don’t give a damn.
If I’d tried to say any of that shit out loud, I’d have tripped all over it until I gave up and stormed away chewing my tongue. But waiting for Elle to finish reading it, dead silent except for her sniffles, is agony.
I’ve never felt my heart split before, cracking and lining and vulnerable.
Vulnerable.
That’s not something I ever am.
But with her, I’m willing to face the pain.
I trust her not to ever take advantage of my openness.
“You love me,” she whispers.
My head snaps up sharply to find her watching me with those brightly lit eyes.
“August, you ... you really love me?”
“More than humanly possible,” I whisper. “More than I can stand.”
There it is—her smile creeping back.
I can’t take my eyes off her gorgeous lips to save my life.
“Say it,” she breathes. “Let me hear you say it out loud.”
“I love you,” I say immediately. It’s like an anvil lifting off my shoulders. “I love you, Elle.”
“August,” she cries—and suddenly she’s flying across the barrier.
Into my arms.
Into my kiss.
