If anyone were to find outโโ I began. Patch kissed me, hard, but with an amused glint in his eye. โIf I get caught, itโll mean the end of kissing you. Do you really think Iโd risk that?โ His face grew serious. โI know I canโt feel your touch, but I feel your love, Nora. Inside me. It means everything to me. I wish I could feel you the same way you feel me, but I have your love. Nothing will ever outweigh that. Some people go their entire lives never feeling the emotions youโve given me. There is no regret in that.
Becca FitzpatrickBusted. I'm a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless-and shockingly handsome-alter ego.
Becca FitzpatrickI couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.
Becca FitzpatrickHave you finished your column for tomorrow's headline?" It was Vee. She came up beside me, jotting notes on the notepad she carried everywhere. "I'm thinking of writing mine on the injustice of seating charts. I got paired with a girl who said she just finished lice treatment this morning.
Becca FitzpatrickYour file was empty. Nothing. Not even an immunization record.โ He didnโt even pretend to look surprised. He eased back in his seat, eyes gleaming obsidian. โAnd youโre telling me this because youโre afraid I might cause an outbreak? Measles or mumps?โ โIโm telling you this because I want you to know that I know something about you isnโt right. You havenโt fooled everybody. Iโm going to find out what youโre up to. Iโm going to expose you.โ โLooking forward to it.โ I flushed, catching the innuendo too late.
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