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?

dying is giving me all new perspectives

them to keep

Crying won’t change things.

wish there

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The hours crawl by.

a quick shower and change clothes. When I leave my

waiting outside for me.

of the hotel. He pauses only

Roberts building, he walks me all the way up

room.

the whole door-to-door service very

with some of

packmates,” he reminds me. “But okay. You can head up. I’ll hang

get the impression that he’ll be my shadow for the foreseeable

stuck with babysitting

volunteered, Leah. It’s an

mn it, it that didn’t make me

do me a favor, keep this on you at all times that I’m not around or when you’re not

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

like an

“But I don’t have any

you. And it

I hole

It’s red

enough to incapacitate. Someone comes at you, you slam that red side down-anywhere you

injectable poison. I nod and slide it

FO

pray I’ll never

he says to me. “We’ve run several thousand simulations and the model of learning with

error of up to

stake, I’m not sure any mistake

error is as high

guess that is better

now?” I ask

more tests and begin scaling up the software. We will need to

“Our offense is only effective if it can’t be

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