SINFUL SALVATION
Like I had a future.
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We spent our evenings on the sofa, tangled together under a soft blanket. Drake read to me—not just to the baby, but to me. He read classic novels, poetry, even a few sappy romance books that made me blush.
He read to me until my eyes grew heavy, until my head lolled onto his shoulder, until I drifted off to sleep in his arms.
He would carry me to bed, lay me down gently, and crawl in beside me. He would wrap his arms around my waist, his palm resting on my belly, and fall asleep with his face buried in my hair.