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Chapter 57 : The Birthday Boy

I woke up early on my birthday. I watched as Rebecca slept soundly. Would her beauty ever cease to steal my breath? She was ethereal, a blessing incarnate, a goddess asleep in my bed. I loved her too deeply, so deeply that sometimes it still caused pain in my chest. When in the world had I done anything to deserve her?

I didn't want to wake her up, moving slowly out of bed to get into the shower. She deserved a few more moments of rest. She hardly moved as my feet touched the floor, and I slipped into the bathroom.

A hot shower was a luxury I rarely denied myself. I had a taste for expensive things, but nothing quite hit the spot the way warm water in the early morning felt against my skin. I luxuriated in the feeling, glad I woke up with enough time to spend a few extra minutes in here. I considered it a little gift to myself on my birthday.