Sometimes the clouds weren__ weightless. Sometimes their bellies got dark and full. It was life. It happened. It didn__ mean it wasn__ scary, or that I wasn__ still afraid, but now I knew that as long as I was standing under it with Braden beside me when those clouds broke, I__ be alright.
Jai, she pleaded quietly, if you hadn__ noticed, I__ a guts and glory kind of girl. I think I__ die trying to protect anyone I care about. It__ just the way I__ wired, I guess. I would die trying to protect Charlie because I love him. He__ my family, and I don__ want to lose any more family." She took another step so her body pressed flushed to him, her fingers falling to his lips. The sound of his shallow breathing emboldened her. "But Jai_ I would die a hundred deaths to save you_ because the thought of being here without you now, the thought of losing you_ is unimaginable." Their eyes locked and heat bloomed in her cheeks as Jai pressed closer to her, his hand sliding across her lower back and gently guiding her even more tightly against him. "Jai, you have no idea how much I__e fallen in love with you. I don__ think a person could fall any harder.
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Jai, she pleaded quietly, if you hadn__ noticed, I__ a guts and glory kind of girl. I think I__ die trying to protect anyone I care about. It__ just the way I__ wired, I guess. I would die trying to protect Charlie because I love him. He__ my family, and I don__ want to lose any more family." She took another step so her body pressed flushed to him, her fingers falling to his lips. The sound of his shallow breathing emboldened her. "But Jai_ I would die a hundred deaths to save you_ because the thought of being here without you now, the thought of losing you_ is unimaginable." Their eyes locked and heat bloomed in her cheeks as Jai pressed closer to her, his hand sliding across her lower back and gently guiding her even more tightly against him. "Jai, you have no idea how much I__e fallen in love with you. I don__ think a person could fall any harder.
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