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I looked over at him, his suddenly-serious expression out of place for the lighthearted conversation. “Have you what?”

“Burrowed my way into your heart.”

“Yes.” I stepped toward him, reaching for his hand. He met me halfway and stood with me, chest to chest, our fingers linked. “Without a doubt.”

When he didn’t respond, nerves coiled in my gut. What if we weren’t only on different pages, but reading out of completely different books? Our relationship had progressed without us putting a label on it.

On Halloween, he said he had fallen for me. But he had also just had an orgasm at the time and been nearly asleep. A drowsy mind sometimes made us say what we didn’t mean.

“Know what I think?”

I smiled. “What do you think, Mr. Miller?”

“That we’re both a little broken.” He laid his head on my shoulder. “But we fit together perfectly.”

A spark. A flame. A mighty blaze. Cody had set me on fire, the flames burning away all the misconceptions I had about myself.

“Do you want my honest opinion, Sebastian?”Emily had told me months ago in my office.“If all of your relationships fail, with lovers and with friends, maybe it’s not everyone else who doesn’t fit. The common denominator in all instances…is you. The experiment won’t ever be successful because other people aren’t the problem. You are.”

But Cody said we fit together. That our broken edges slid into place perfectly.

I no longer believed I was the part of the equation that didn’t fit. I had only needed to find the other half that completed mine.

Chapter 18

Cody

The first snowfall of the year couldn’t have come at a better time. It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and classes were out for the holiday. I packed a bag and stayed the weekend with Sebastian, and when Sunday came around, he hadn’t wanted me to leave, so I stayed another night. Then more after that.

We woke up to snow falling outside the bedroom window, soundless and beautiful.

Sebastian kissed my neck, and I leaned into him. Our limbs were tangled around each other, and my ass was sore from the pounding it’d taken over the past several days. But fuck, I loved it.

I lovedhim. He was everything I’d ever wanted in a man, someone who kept my interest for longer than a night or two and who I could challenge to a battle of wits—even if he always won. He was someone I could see myself with long-term. Not to mention he had lips that drove me crazy and hands that sent me to the stars.

No one else had ever made me come as hard as Sebastian did. I didn’t know if he had a magic cock or something, but I couldn’t get enough.

“What are you thinking about?” he asked between kisses.

“The Periodic Table.”

Sebastian smiled against my throat. “You will never let me forget that, will you?”

“Nope. You shouldn’t have told me.” I wrapped my arms around him and flipped him to his back. “But I’m glad you did. I’ve never laughed that hard.”

“Oh, I remember. I’m glad you find so much enjoyment in it, Mr. Miller.” His hands kneaded my shoulder blades.

“God, don’t stop.” I hung my head on his chest, groaning. Yep. Magic hands, as well as a magic cock.

“I’ve been called many things in my life, but God isn’t one of them.”

I lifted my head and smiled. “Did you just make a funny, Dr. Vale?”

“Make a funny?” His brows rose. “I suppose I did.”

The snow piled higher outside as we lay in bed, kissing, touching, stroking. Sebastian rolled me over and got between my legs, holding my arms above my head. His blond hair curtained around his face as he looked down at me, his lips so close to mine but not close enough. Never close enough.

Still stretched from last night, I needed very little prep before I was ready to take him again. A condom was torn from the pack and lube was generously added, slicking his long, thick cock. He fucked me slow but deep, and the headboard bumped against the wall with each hard thrust.