Chapter 107

The words land right in the center of my chest, stealing the breath from my lungs. I almost smile. Almost.

God. Why does he have to say it like that? With so much passion and authority. So blunt. So certain. Like it’s just a fact and not the thing I’ve been secretly dying to hear again since the last time he said it while I was dozing off in the Playroom, that soft whisper of ‘I love you’ against