Light Me Up
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“That was beyond words.”
She pressed her head against his chest, loving the warmth of having Ben there. “Are you sorry you decided to do this?”
“No.” He held her tightly. “Far from it. I told you, you’re my Hanukkah gift, and being with you for eternity is an endless present that I’ll always be glad to keep receiving.”
She knew it was sappy but his words brought tears to her eyes. She sniffed. “You make me feel like I never died, Ben. I feel like I’ve just been reborn. You lit me up inside.”
Ben rolled off her to look at her and turned onto his side to face her. He kissed her nose. “We have to talk about surfing.”
“Surfing?”
Life was never going to be dull again or endless. She smiled. If she had been his Hanukkah present, he was her eternity.
THE END