Chapter 200 Fifteen: Patterson

• I watch her sleep because I don't want to miss a moment with her. She's on her side and the lights are off, but I left the door to the bathroom cracked so that I could still see her. The soft glow lights up her silhouette and I memorize every curve of her body.
• She's completely naked with the blankets pushed off of her. After I feasted on her she snuggled in and hasn't moved since. I run my fingers from her shoulder to her hip, back and forth as she hums sleepily.
• Everything she's been through in the past few months had to have been hell. I looked up her family and saw what they'd done, but it didn't push me away from her. The more I read, the more it made me want to protect her because it's clear that no one else ever has. I don't feel sorry for her, because she's here in spite of the odds being stacked against her. She's probably the strongest person I know, and all I want to do is be by her side.