Chapter 58 Such a Touch

• I don’t know why that surprised me, but it did. Hearing her say something so endearing was a bit unexpected. I felt a sudden swell of unusual tightness filling my throat and making it hard to swallow. Realizing that I was growing emotional right before her, was horrifying.
• I swallowed that stiff lump and slid back from her. I nodded my understanding as I turned away.
• “Don’t you do that!” She leapt to her feet behind me. Sheet be damned. Sweeping her arms around my waist and huddling against my back. Holding me in a way that felt far more intimate than everything we’d experienced before.