Chapter 249
Zaid drives with one hand on the wheel, the other resting casually on his thigh. The sky outside is shifting into that dark black of night, and the silence between us isn't awkward. It's just full of the things we're giving each other things to say.
I glance over at him. The slope of his nose. The slight pull on his brow. The way
his lashes fan against his cheekbones when he
blinks.
He catches me.
"You're staring," he says, a small smile tugging at his lips.
I don't even pretend to look away.
"I can't help it,” I say softly. "You're so beautiful to me."
His jaw flexes just once, and he reaches across the console for my hand. Our fingers tangle together like muscle memory.
I look down at them. "We have a week. Just us. Before I go."
"I know," he says quietly, and even though he's still smiling, I hear the weight in his voice.
There's a silence again.
I squeeze his hand gently. "It's going to suck, but it's also going to be good. I mean, you knew I needed this. Before I even did."
He nods, not looking at me, eyes fixed on the road ahead. "I knew. And I want you
to have it. The space. The freedom. You're own piece of life."
His words warm me, and then guilt straddles my chest. I hesitate and take a breath. “Jake came by. While you and Aiden were gone that one day."
He finally glances at me.
throat. "He gave
other hand turning
wouldn't
his hands to the wheel. "I didn't want you to feel like you owed me anything. You broke up with Jake, and
have. I won't. I
way. I wanted you to have a place that was yours. You had to leave Florida, you had to
the tears from my
end up. No matter who you chose,
miss you so much,"
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breath, but there's no humor in it, just tenderess. "You have no idea how much I'm going
toward him more as he pulls into the driveway. We get out
my wrist. He pulls me in, cupping my face before kissing me in a slow but intense
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press into mine, and I gasp from the tenderness and strengh of
to do this all week,"
nod against his lips.
his arms, carrying me to the couch, where he lays on my back and settles over me. His
are we
Zaid frown. "Right now?"
I get back from
on his
that happened in the accident, and
scared, too," I
to
his knuckles.
smiles faintly. "We're each other's future, and right now, you're
My throat is tight.
figure it out when you come back,"
nod, the tears finally spilling over,
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