Emma's POV For a long moment, we lay there, tangled together, our bodies still trembling with the aftermath of our lovemaking. I could feel his heart pounding against my chest, and it was at that moment that I realized—truly realized—that I had nothing to fear. With Ryan, I could be myself, completely and utterly. He loved me, all of me, and that was all that mattered.Finally, he lifted his head, his eyes meeting mine. There was no need for words—everything we had felt, everything we had shared, was written in the depths of his gaze.“I love you,” he whispered, his voice rough with emotion.“I love you too,” I replied, my voice trembling slightly. “More than you could ever know.”He smiled then, that slow, tender smile that had first drawn me to him, and leaned down to kiss me again. It was a kiss filled with love, with promise, with the certainty that we had a lifetime ahead of us to explore this new, deeper connection.As we lay there, wrapped in each other’s arms, I knew that eve
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