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BOOK: Summer Rush

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“Oh god, it’s so good to see your face,” he says, his voice full of emotion.

Moving his hands to my face, he gently holds my cheeks and stares deep into my eyes before pressing his lips on mine. My body instantly reacts, melting under his touch. I’ve missed the way his soft lips feel against mine.

“I’m so sorry, Hope. I should have–” I cut him off, pushing my lips back onto his.

“It doesn’t matter, it’s in the past,” I whisper, our faces only inches apart.

“I love you,” Joey confesses, looking at me with eyes full of love.

“I love you, too,” I respond, feeling every bone in my body becoming weak with emotion.

“Forever and always,” he says with a smile.

Standing there puzzled, I look at him, I swear I’ve heard him say this to me before, but I know he hasn’t. We’ve never said anything like this to each other. And then it dawns on me.

He said it to me in my dream.

The dream I had the morning of our first unofficial surfing date.

“What’s wrong?” he asks me, looking a little nervous.

“Nothing,” I smile. “Dreams really
do
come true.”

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Everyone and their brother started talking about this book series titled Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James. I didn’t really pay attention to the craze at first, since I wasn’t a big reader–okay, I didn’t read at all. But curiosity got the best of me, so I downloaded it to my kindle.

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