Unspoken Expectations

"So, how am I supposed to pay you back for all this?" I asked with a light laugh.

"Just stay with me," Alistair said again, his tone as earnest as ever.

I smiled at my reflection in the mirror. Right now, I looked beautiful, elegant, and gentle.

But I know how it goes—when beauty fades, love fades too.

No one stays eighteen forever, but there will always be someone who is eighteen.

Someday, as I g