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lost in the woods, you could die.”
    “Ok, but no more treating me like I am your prisoner.”
    He walks up and grabs me, tilting my head to look up at him. “If anybody is a prisoner, it’s me. I am a prisoner of this power you hold over me. You took my heart in that alleyway, and I never want it back. I just want you to quit fighting me because it turns me on too much.”
    “Isn’t it a little too fast to be confessing love? We’ve only known each other a little while. I feel a connection to you, but I can’t say if it’s just physical or more. I just don’t know.”
    “You may have only known me for a little while, but I have known you a lifetime. You have the other half to my soul. My half recognized you instantly. Yours is just taking its time.”
    His confession takes me by surprise. Soul mates? No way. “You may believe that, but I don’t believe in soul mates.”
    “You would if you would just let me in. Give us a try. Why are you so scared to admit you have strong feelings for me?”
    “We haven’t known each other long enough for me to trust you with my heart. Lee made it really hard for me to trust. I loved him and would have married him, but he flipped. How can I be sure you won’t do the same? I’m as good as dead if you decide to try and kill me. I am too tired to even try and fight you.”
    “Don’t worry about how long it has been. You are mine and I am yours. That’s all that matters. Give me time to show you that I can never harm you without harming myself. Stop fighting your feelings, and all the pieces will fall together.”
    “I can’t promise you anything. I need time to think.”
    “I can give you that.”
    At this point, I am exhausted and have lost my appetite. I can’t love again. I just can’t take any more pain. Love only brings disappointment and hurt. “I just want to go to bed. Did you happen to get me anything to sleep in when you were getting my other clothes yesterday? How the hell did you know where I lived anyway?”
    He heads over to his dresser and flings me one of his t-shirts. “I had someone look it up,” he says, like it is no big deal. Before I can even reply, he says, “I’ll let you change.”
    After he softly shuts the door behind himself, I turn around and undress, slipping his shirt over my head. It is so big, it goes to my knees. I take a deep breath. It smells like him. I climb into bed and slip the covers up over me. After a few minutes, he walks back in. I figure he will turn the lights off and then leave so I close my eyes and snuggle into the soft covers. I am just dozing off when the lights go out. I can finally relax. Then the bed dips. What the...?
    “What are you doing?”
    “Going to bed.”
    “With me?”
    He chuckles. “Yes. This is my bed. I promise to stay on my side. Are you scared you’ll jump into my arms and beg me to take you?”

Chapter 4: Date Night

    Gabby

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    I wake up feeling better and have a clearer head than I have had in days. I am going to take things slow with Neeko, let things fall where they are supposed to. It has been a few days since he asked for the list and everything has been going good. I don’t feel like a prisoner anymore. I sit down in one of the lounge chairs by the window and think, Hmmm, seven places...
    It takes me a whole hour to figure it out: 
    1. Home
    2. Beach where the water is crystal clear
    3. Paris, France
    4. Picnic in Ireland
    5. A Water Park
    6. Home
    7. Shopping somewhere fancy
    As I finish, Neeko comes strutting in. I swear that man can make my heart rate accelerate just by being in the same room. “Have you decided on the places?” he says with a sexy smile.
    “Yeah. I’m finishing up now.” I hand him the paper.
    He puts on his thinking face, biting the inside of his cheek. His eyes twinkle with mischief when he looks back up at me.
    “Some of these will do, like the beach and water park. I can take you to Paris, but not for our first.”
    “Our