Sweet Surrender

Vance's whole body jolted, his eyes wide with disbelief as he stared at Tessa.

"What... What did you say?" he asked, his voice almost trembling.

After he said that, he held his breath without even realizing it.

He was afraid he'd misheard, or maybe he'd gotten the wrong idea, or maybe... Tessa didn't mean it the way he thought.

He was afraid that, in the end, it would just be another false hope.