Chapter 138

Is that what he wants?

I smile. “I’ve loved you for a long time,” I tell him.

A month ago, I never would’ve admitted such a thing. But now, his pride. Mine. What does it matter?

Life is about love.

And love is everything.

He grins. “That’s good.”

He doesn’t give me back the words. I’m not sure he can. Aaron has been broken down

in ways that make my traumas seem tame.

That’s another part of life, I’m learning. Accepting people as they are.

And I accept him.

If this is all he can be. It’ll be enough for me.

I drag myself away on shaky legs.

I’m sore in certain places, but even that is kind of a turn-on, because it’s the things we did that make me overly sensitive. And it’s these residual feelings that will remind me

of him in the long hours to come until I see him again.

“I’ll pick you up for dinner tonight.”

My heart quickens at the thought of another night in his arms. Another ‘date.’ I nod.

“Okay.”

“Eight o’clock. Don’t be late.”

I slide back into my dress and grab my purse. I don’t bother with shoes.

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I’ll do my walk of sha me and take the elevator down a few floors.

In the whole scheme of things, what does it matter?

giving me all new perspectives on

use them to keep the

Crying won’t change things.

wish

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The hours crawl by.

clothes. When I leave my hotel

waiting outside for me.

the elevator, out of the hotel. He pauses only

building, he walks me

room.

took the whole door-to-door

have meetings with

can head up. I’ll hang out down here in

be my shadow for the

you get stuck with babysitting duty?” I

“I volunteered, Leah.

mn it, it that didn’t

this on you at all times that I’m not around or when

the package he extends to me. It’s not big. It looks like a giant

like an

“But I don’t have any

you. And

I hole

It’s red at one

incapacitate. Someone comes at you, you slam that red side

nod and slide it into my

FO

pray I’ll

restricted computer lab, Liam is at a bank of monitors talking quietly with Dennis. “This round of beta testing shows promise,” he says to me. “We’ve run several thousand simulations and the model of learning with the statistical results of the tests is overwhelmingly

error of up to 5% is

stake, I’m not sure any mistake is

is as high as

guess that is

what happens now?” I

up the software. We will need to

offense is only

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