Chapter 10
Me……[]
Even after being together for so long, he was silll math a.
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After a long
g silence, I nestled against him and changed the subject:||
So you recognized me the first time you saw BATT
Chase looked down and stroked my hair
Yes.
“Is that why you liked ine? Because of childhood memories? ||
He objected!!
No, Lily “|||
“With you, I had both childhood connection and love at first sight.
The speakers in the living room were
room were still playing musse
“After all these years, you’re still the one]
“After all these years, you’re still the one“]
1 slipped my fingers under Chase’s shirt, resting them on his abdomen.]
He drew a sharp breath and grabbed my wrist]
Lowering his head, he captured my lips.
The kiss grew increasingly un
Until my arms encircled his neck
He stood carrying me to the bed.
My wrists pinned above my head.
His kisses moved downward, from my neck to my collarbone, continuing lower
Has ragged breathing occasionally mixed with deep, masculine sounds.
My body melted uncontrollably
1 struggled to remove my hearing aid–my last act of defiance[]
He leaned close to my right ear and chuckled softly, seemingly seeing through my intention
Then he shamelessly let hits groans and heavy breathing pour directly into my ear]]
Fen though only rear could hear, the sounds in this roops still feli much too
The night was just beginning.
After graduation, Chase and I got married ||
Ketarning from our honeymoon, we found that my parents had bought a suburban townhouse for their retirement[]
Worried that the moving company might damage some old belongings, they insisted on moving things themselves ||
Mam’s cardboard boot broke open
in from momoure and age, spilling everything onto the ground
I stepped forward and saw these were all my high school books. ||
My finger landed on a leather bound yearbook
Somehow drawn to a 1 fipped through a few pages!
Dach page contained well wishes from my Lincoln High classmates.]]
Below were their hopes for themselves!
My finger unjjord no the last pipe |||
At the time, everyone had been passing around yeachooks to sign]
I was to busy writing messages and contact information for other classmates that hadn’t looked through the pages one by one
was my first time secing Chase’s page||
His handwriting, like the man himself, was bold andt diuinctive ||
Name: Chase
Bright:02” ||
Address: Unknown|
His message to me was hoping i’d get into Harvard,
In the “My Wish” section at the very bottom, he’d written just two words
