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Welcome to PAD's first drabble.

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38.


"You've done no such thing, Bella.

This evening has been unbelievable in the foremost of ways.

Never in any concocted fantasy would I ever have envisioned any woman, especially you, being here in my sanctuary.

I was denied a woman's touch for fifteen years, five of which were of my own doing.

I hadn't realized how essential, crucial, and carnal that form of human interaction is.

You have awakened me from my abstinence.

How could that possibly be injurious?

All of these years, I conditioned myself to believe that contact was unnecessary and a waste of time.

You've changed that."


A/N:

Do you think Edward may be ready to make up for some lost time?

Why do you think he chose celibacy for five years?

Can you believe he's never had a woman at his place?

What do you think Bella is thinking, about?

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