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Bo's POV – 1 Month Later – Lauren's Condo Living Room – Afternoon

How come there's never anything good on daytime television? I mean am I the only one that feels that way? I must be the only woman in the world not into soaps or talk shows about petty drama.

Lauren should be coming home from her hospital shift any second now. Things between us have been amazing, we practically spend every moment of free time we can together. We've gone to theme parks, roller skating, rock climbing; basically anything we could think of that one of us wanted to try with the other. The only thing we haven't done is "It".

Trust me, we want to. But I've been holding us back because of my guilt from keeping my secret. I don't feel worthy of her because of it. I told her I just didn't want to rush things too much because she's really special to me which isn't a lie, but she's getting harder to resist every day.

My head turns towards the door that Lauren rarely ever locks and see Lauren walking in. I tried to convince her to lock the door but she said, "Bo, this is a safe neighborhood and I'm a detective and a doctor. So I can defend and treat myself if needed."

"Hey babe, how was your shift?" She leans down to give me a quick kiss as she takes her lab coat off. "Exhausting, I wish I could have just stayed in bed with you this morning."

She takes a seat at the opposite end of the couch and accidentally nudged my leg with her feet when she raised her feet up on the couch. "Sorry…" She says with a shy smile. "That's okay, you wanna stretch out?"

She chuckles and puts her feet on my lap. "It's like couch yoga" She chuckles at my statement as I happily rest my hands on her legs.

Evening – After Dinner

We spent the whole day just lounging around basically just watching TV, cuddling, eating, talking and making out like horny teenagers. God, I love this woman. Why haven't I told her yet? Why hasn't she said it either? What if she doesn't feel the same way? Is this the part where I pluck a flower's pedals saying, "She loves me, she loves me not."?

"Bo, you okay…you seem lost in thought." I shake my head out of my thoughts, giving her a reassuring smile. "Yeah, I was just thinking…"

She closes the very small gap between us on the couch and takes my hand in hers. "Thinking about…?" I looked at her amazing smile before I looked deep into her eyes. "That I love you"

She stares at me with an expression I can't read. I was about to reassure her that she didn't have to say it back when she took my face in her hands and kissed me hard with passion. We both moan out as the kiss quickly becomes a heated frenzy.

I feel Lauren lifting me up off the couch to carry me to bed. I still don't feel worthy of her but I just can't resist anymore. I need her; I need us to finally be as one.

By the time we got to the bedroom we were both fully naked. Lauren gently laid me onto the bed in between kisses and touches. She gave me a look of longing before trailing down my neck and shoulder, all the down my body with kisses making me whimper and moan with every kiss and touch.

My breath hitches as she looks deep into my eyes, silently asking for permission. I answered her with a hard full kiss. "Lauren…" I softly moaned out breaking the kiss as she came inside me with two fingers.

She easily finds the perfect mixture of pressure and pace, making me grasp the sheets as I fight the urge to climax already. I need to do something to prolong our first time at least a little longer before I came. "Lauren please…ride me..." I husk out, desperate with lust and need.

She grants my request but not exactly the way I hoped she would. Instead of taking her fingers out, she kept them in with the same rhythm as she mounted me, making my need to climax even worse as she started a slow and gentle grind. Just as I was about to climax, she removed herself from inside me causing me to whimper at the loss of her inside me.

"Lauuuurennn…Bbboooo…" She's riding me comfortably without her fingers inside me. We kiss and moan between caresses and touches, massaging each other's breasts. We're both desperately trying to memorize every inch of each other in every way.

"Ohh Laurrenn…" She bit my neck as I grasped her hips firmly help her grid. "Cum for me Bo, stop holding back baby…" Lauren telling me to let go was my undoing along with one more hard contact grind between our cores.

LLLLAAUUREEN BBBBOOOOO" She came along with me as we collapsed together. I gathered her in my arms before we both passed out. "I love you, Lauren…" I say right before I passed out, I don't even know if she said it back.

Next Morning

My hand searched out for Lauren before I opened my eyes. I don't feel her anywhere and her side of the bed is cool, she's already up. I opened my eyes to see Lauren's back facing me; she's hunched over and fully clothed. Something isn't right; I feel it in my gut...

"Lauren…?" She doesn't move or say a word. I'm about to try again when she speaks. "We've been on dates, we've talked and spent a lot of time together, last night we made love for the first time and you told me you love me, twice. Yet, you still don't trust me, at least not completely to tell me you're the 'mythological' Shadow Assassin."

My eyes widened in shock along with my entire body. "Wh-what…?" Surely she didn't just say what I think she said. She turns just enough to look me in the eyes with the saddest expression I've ever seen, she's clearly on the verge of tears as I feel my heart getting ready to shatter into a million pieces for the second time in my life...

"I'm sorry Bo, I can't do this anymore. I can't be with someone who keeps secrets from me. I thought if I gave you enough time, if I was open and honest with you, you'd realize you could trust me completely and would tell me your secret but at this point, I honestly don't see that happening so I'm sorry but, it's over…Shadow Assassin."