Chapter 259

Chapter 259

Zaid

I can't drive fast enough.

Her scent has filled up the car entirely, and she is all I can feel, see and breathe. She's sitting right next to me, so close and yet not close enough.

My fingers twitch on the steering wheel.

She's smiling, leaning back in her seat so carefree, like she's not feeling all the desperation I am. She glances at me every few minutes and the look in her eyes

tears me

apart.

She's so fucking happy. So fucking excited to be home.

She looks at me like she can't believe I'm real.

A year. Three hundred and sixty-five days, minus the month I thought she was still going to be over there. And somehow, I survived it.

I want to know every part of her again. Every new thought. Every new piece.

But mostly I want to touch her. Every inch of her, get to know all of that all over again, too. That part of me has been half dead since she boarded that plane.

something in me that has been dormant and half-dead since the

she whispers, her hand reaching

it.

into a smile that punches straight into my gut. I

heals me at the same time. I swallow hard, trying

I manage, though

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nods. "I

over. Her fingers linger, brushing over my jaw. It's like she

Like she

I shouldn't be driving.

heart is in my throat and my blood is boiling and I want

I want to know everything

right now? Right now, I want to get home, because if I don't kiss her soon,

running her fingers through my beard. Like she can't

I'm real either.

her hasn't dulled. It's

and I feel the loss like a slap. I ache for it. I nearly

the brakes. I grip the wheel until

worshipped her from

only the second time, but I managed to keep myself here at home. I went to bed

name in

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