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CHRISTY:

Then Everette's eyes snapped open.

I held my breath as I stared at his beautiful eyes.

"Kitten..."

"You're awake. Are you done pretending that you were asleep?" I asked softly, already tired of fighting with him. A year of hiding from him only made my love for him grow even stronger.

My heart yearned for him, and seeing him after a year, I felt like I had become whole again.

He sat while I snatched my hand away and put it on my lap.

"You still love me," he commented.

"I did not say anything like that," I denied, averting my gaze.

"Yes, you did. I heard you say one, Kitten."

"It was only your dream, Everette. You did sleep, right? You were dreaming earlier."

Touching my chin, he forced me to look at him.

My toes curled.

Yes. I still loved this man. A year of not seeing him made me want to jump at him and kiss him like crazy and have lots and lots of sex as if to make up for the lost time.

My hands yearned to touch his face and traced the outline of his cheeks.

Everette le