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Оглавление“Where are you off to?”
The huskiness in his voice surprised Kyle.
“I—I dunno.”
The crickets and frogs ramped up to a crescendo as he debated the wisdom of what he was about to do.
“How many couples do you think sat on this porch, maybe even in this very seat, just as we’re doing now?” he whispered, tracing Allison’s cheek with his finger. He liked it when she smiled and how the pulse jumped at the base of her throat.
“Hmm. That’s over a century and a quarter. Got to be a lot.”
“I wonder if they felt the way I do.”
Now it was her finger sliding along his arm. “And how exactly do you feel?”
“Happy. Yeah. And...like I’m in the calmest place on earth.”
She stared at him, and then she looked away. For a moment, he felt the connection between them break and all his earlier doubts and misgivings begin to flood in.
He didn’t want to think about all of that, not the variance, not the house.
Impulsively, he craned his neck to meet her eyes, muttering, “I’m probably going to get slapped for this...”
And then he kissed her.
