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“That sounds perfect We’d be able to run henever anted to”

“Exactly” As I traced his collarbone, he said, “Do you kno ined you here with ain for all the years I resisted our bond, he silencedthat to rateful and happy right now Happier than I’ve ever been”

“Me, too”

We both watched the sea and the sky for a while, and then he asked, “Would you be willing to travel with me? There’s so much I want to show you”

“Where would we go?”

“Central America, maybe? There are some beautiful spots I know of, totally wild and unspoiled We could make love under a waterfall, and sleep under the stars”

“I haven’t traveled in years, but that sounds heavenly”

“Yeah? You think you’d be up for it?”

I nodded “It’s tiet back out there and re I let et very narrow, but with you by ”

He tilted ht touch and kissed me Then, as he traced my jawline, he told me, “I love you so much, Mateo”

“I love you, too”

He looked away, suddenly vulnerable, and murmured, “You don’t have to say that, just because I did”

Noas entle hand on his cheek He aze, and as the ocean breeze stirred his hair, I whispered, “I said that because it’s the absolute truth I love you, Elias You’re the best thing that ever happened to me, my perfect other half”

His slorious He held , we talked excitedly and made plans for our future

Epilogue

Five Months Later

West Coast of Costa Rica