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“Lex,” I whimpered. “I’m going to come again.”

"Good," he said roughly. “The only thing better than watching you come is feeling it happen when I'm buried inside you.”

I groaned at his words. He ran his tongue along my neck while his fingers worked against my clit until it was all too much. I turned to bury my face in the pillow as I started to come undone. He held me even tighter, his breathing becoming louder as he picked up speed.I whispered to him how good he felt, how much I loved having his cock inside me, and he gripped my hips to the point of pain as he slammed into me with his final thrusts, burying a groan in my hair.

When our breathing finally slowed, he took my chin and tilted it up toward him before leaning down to kiss me.

“It never feels like enough,” I murmured against his lips. “I already want more of you.”

His thumb caressed my cheek. “You can have all of me… always.”

I smiled. “Is that a promise?”

“It is,” he answered, and I shivered with pleasure.

We heard the others outside starting to gather, so we knew it was time. I hurried to put on all my extra layers of clothes before we made our way out into the freezing night air, leaving the warmth of our tent behind.

We found everyone gathered in the open field where they had set up an array of telescopes, and the head of the astronomy department was giving a lecture on what we were about to see.

“And where have you two been?” Sarah said suggestively when we walked up. Jace’s arms were wrapped around her, holding her close to him.

I shrugged and said, “Guitar lessons.”

She made a sarcastic face at me. “Okay, well I’d appreciate it if you didn’t give my boyfriend the same kind of guitar lessons.”

My eyes widened at hearing her call him her boyfriend. Jace’s did as well but then he smiled, looking down at her. “Your boyfriend, huh?”

“Oh, didn’t I mention?” she said playfully. “I don’t want you fucking anyone but me.”

He laughed, leaning close to her ear, and said, “I wouldn’t dream of it.”

Sarah was always so private about the people she dated, even in college. Hearing her blatantly call him her boyfriend in front of all of us made me realize just how much she really liked him. Her happiness was contagious as I smiled up at Lex. He pulled me into his arms, and we all looked up toward the night sky.

Ten minutes later, the sky lit up as the meteor shower began. Everyone gasped as hundreds of shooting stars shot across the sky, and I thought I’d never seen anything so beautiful in all my life. As I looked on in wonderment, a sudden realization hit me—I was making the kind of memories here that I could never have in New York. It was in that moment that I made my decision.

I wasn’t leaving California.

Chapter 31

The rhythmic sound of my foot tapping anxiously on the floor of the exam room was the only sound that could be heard as we sat waiting for Dr. Gremillion. The office had called for my mom to come in to discuss her latest bloodwork and scans. I held her hand as different scenarios played through my mind. I started to formulate a plan to convince her to go to MD Anderson if he told us the news wasn’t good. Maybe I could get Lex to talk some sense into her. It might mean more coming from him.

“Hello, ladies,” Dr. Gremillion greeted as he entered. I could barely hear him over the sound of my pulse hammering in my ears. “I’ll get right to it,” he said, sitting down on the rolling chair. I held my breath, waiting.

His face broke into a smile. “You’re officially cancer-free, Ms. Olivier.”

My heart stopped, falling into my stomach before it restarted again, beating with a renewed vigor.

“Are you serious?” My mom’s eyes were wide as saucers.

“Completely,” he said. “Your scans and bloodwork show you have no cancer cells left in your body.”

My mom and I turned to look at one another. The tears began to fall heavily from our eyes as we exhaled shakily. We threw our arms around each other, sobbing and laughing all at the same time.

“So-so what now?” I stuttered, wiping the tears from my eyes.

He smiled at my mom. “You’ll still need to do the chemotherapy treatments for a few more months to prevent any recurrence, but all signs point to you being in remission. Congratulations. I know this has been a long road.”

We had waited so long to hear those words, and I still couldn’t quite believe what he was saying. She’d done it. She’d beaten this.