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*43* Interlopers
*Juliet*
With a contented sigh, I collapse against Sam’s chest, sweating despite the cold, heaving oxygen into my lungs.
“I love you.” Sam’s panting whisper sounds as sapped as I feel, but pleasantly so, and his arms slide from where he held my thighs, over my back to cradle me against him. “I love you.”
“I love you, Sam.”
Time drifts in an exhausted haze, warm welcoming sleep wrapping its cloak of peace around us both, bidding us rest. Still kneeling on top of him, I relax heavily, his arms relaxing heavily over me in return. Every part of me still tingles faintly, absolutely satiated with the love we’ve made.
Downstairs, the mantle clock chimes faintly, once—the half hour—though I have no idea which half hour that is and care even less.
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