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In love, so in love

With you

I know

A soft buzz hummed under my skin. Lost in the memories my body kept of writing this song, I closed my eyes without realizing. I opened them with my gaze already set on Vi, to study her face for hints of her reaction to the song.

Her face, always so expressive, didn't make me work to find the signs of her feelings. Her brow slanted upwards at the center, and the corner of her lips curled upwards; like she could cry, but her tears wouldn't come from pain.

I smiled. The hum in my limbs infused my veins, swimming in my blood all the way to my heart. This was a moment my body would remember, too, from the way my feelings swayed me in place.

The song ended. A second later, Vi took a deep breath that she released slowly.

She opened her eyes and blinked a few times. "That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with me."

She put the headphones on the desk, before turning to me with a shining gaze.

I put a strand of her long, loose hair behind her ear. "I can imagine you reading about love on the sofa behind me, while I write songs about it at my desk."

"Then we go to bed together, in love."

My smile grew wider. "Exactly."

"I can see that future, too."

I kissed her. "I think I want to sign up for the next open mic night at the karaoke place. It's not the best time, as it's right before your luncheon and the party, but the pub is taking a break afterwards. I don't want to lose momentum. Would you go with me?"

Her grin, bright with joy, was the best answer she could have given me.

Chapter 26

Vi

A couple of daysafter our second weekend together, I returned to the Sotomayor offices after a meeting. Several of the desks were empty; it was near the end of office hours, and people had begun to leave work for the day.

Jake and I had been exploring our relationship for a bit over three weeks, but it felt like it had been years. Or only a few seconds. Time had stopped making sense, when I thought of the sweet giant I adored. In the haze of our hidden honeymoon, I craved more of him, and I had the perfect excuse to find him at his office.

"Hi Ryan." I smiled at Jake's assistant. "Is Jake free?"

The glass was opaque and the door was slightly ajar, rather than closed.

The young, bespectacled man checked the computer screen, then the phone. "Seems like it. You can go right ahead, Miss Vi."

"Stop it," I said, in reference to the title he liked to tease me with, and opened the door to Jake's office.

His eyes snapped to me, and he went still.

"Fuck me." The words stumbled out of his lips.

I licked my lips, but refrained from making a joke about how I hoped to do that as soon as possible.

"I'm here on official party business, Mister Stewart. We have some planning to do."

I said the words loud enough to be heard by Ryan if he was paying attention, but gave Jake a sly smile.

He smirked and pressed the button to close the door.

"Let's plan, then, Violeta."