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“I can’t believe this. I feel like I’m dreaming,” he said, still holding me close as if scared to let me go. “You’re really moving in with me?” “I’m moving in,” I told him. “Are you sure you’re ready to share your home with me?” “It wasn’t a home, Maddy,” he said. “But it is now.”

“Come with me.” His voice was husky as he whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes, fighting off the emotional reaction his words triggered. “That’s the only way I’ll accept the offer,” he continued, only making it harder for me to hold myself together. “You could finish school there. I can help pay for it.” I turned in his arms and looked up at him. The sadness on his face nearly crushed me.

“We gonna be alright?” I asked, fearful we hadn’t yet cleared up this hurdle before us. “Yeah,” she assured me, only it didn’t ease the ache inside me. I leaned in closer and pressed my lips to hers in a simple kiss, but I needed the connection. “I love you,” I whispered. “You’re my girl; nothing’s gonna change that. I won’t let it.” Pressing my lips to Maddy’s once more, I linked my fingers with hers.

I had never felt anything like this connection. It wasn’t just from the intense gratification our bodies were giving one another, but something deeper. A consuming magnitude that left my heart aching in the best way. Each kiss spoke the words we didn’t say. Each touch expressed the deep connection we both felt. Her warmth surrounding me and grounding me was almost like an out-of-body experience.

I will never let anyone talk to you or treat you the way he did. He’s lucky he was able to stumble away from here in one piece.” I was seconds away from turning around and climbing him like a tree. “Good night, Madelyn,” Luke whispered before he pressed a soft kiss against my cheek, then along my jaw, but the contact was still much too brief.

Last night Madelyn’s resistance had slipped just a little, and it gave me hope. I wanted more than anything to be a part of her life again. Whether it be a big part or small, I’d take what I could get. I wasn’t the type of guy who sat around and waited for things I wanted to come to me. I went after them. And this time I was going big.

I’m just irritated that you think you being back in town should mean something to me; that I should be jumping for joy that you brought your oh so mighty self back to rub shoulders with us hicks.” This wasn’t the time for us to have it out. This was about me and Maddy, and she had every right to be pissed. But her being mad at me meant one thing: she still f-king cared.