Chapter 62
And I didn’t want to lose her, or terminate this before it had even really begun. She had to be worth it. Thishad to be worth it.
I nodded, easing my solemn expression into a rather demure smile. I reached across for her hand and squeezed it, slipping our fingers together. The first time I held her hand, properly, I realized. “If you think we’re ready—then yeah—we’re ready. I mean—there’s nothing to lose, is there? Everyone already sorta knows, like you said. And if we just own up to that and show them we don’t care, what can they do?”
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