A Taste of Forever

SERAFINA

He shifted a little, tightening his arm around me until I was tucked perfectly against him.

Then he said quietly, “You know, it’s not that I don’t want you.”

I smiled faintly against his chest. “I know.”

“It’s just… I need to do this right,” he continued, his fingers tracing lazy circles on my shoulder. “We’ve both been through too much to rush into something just because it feels good i