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A Thousand Questions

Author: Ali Parker
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Terran

Her warm body was against mine, her head on my chest. Her soft, warm breaths washed over my skin. I looked down at the mop of blonde hair spread across my chest again and smiled. I could really get used to seeing her like this every morning. If only that was a real option. I knew all of this was a glorious bubble and couldn’t last forever. Either she found out about the clause in my dad’s will and dumped me, or I dumped her for being with me because of the money. There was no way this ended well.

I gently stroked the hair away from the side of her face and caressed her arm. Her body was smooth and soft in all the right places. I smiled as I felt the little bump in her biceps, a testament to the great shape she was in.

Her hair was tickling my chin, the fine strands getting snagged in the beard stubble growing on my face. I gently blew it away.

“You’re up,” she mumbled.

“I am.”

“Have you been awake long?” she asked around a yawn.

“No, only a few minutes.”

She moved her head away
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