Page 50 of Heal Me

"Thank God," he exhales, "you scared me terribly, I was about to call an ambulance."

I rub my eyes, my head is pounding.

"How are you feeling?"

Danylo is sitting in front of me. Can people be so beautiful? I thought only artists could paint the most beautiful portrait, but no. Here he is, sitting in front of me, so damn sexy and hot. It seems as if Zeus himself has come down from heaven and is burning me with his lightning.

"It's like someone put a pot on my head and someone else is hitting it with a hammer."

"Not the best feelings "

"I've had worse," I laugh.

Danylo looks at me seriously for a minute, but then he laughs too. He's cute when he laughs.

"You have a nice smile. I didn't know you could be cute."

"You must have had a lot to drink to say that, darling. But I can't deny that I like you even more like this."

"What are you afraid of the most in life?" For some reason, this question came to my mind right now.

"Not fulfilling my dreams," Danylo answers without hesitation. "Everything I feared has already happened to me." "How did he die?" Danylo asks quietly.

I close my eyes. I will never be able to talk about this topic calmly. It will always be my deepest scar on my body.

"Saving me."

"Once I was also one step away from death, but someone decided that my time had not yet come."

"I don't like that someone decided that Denys's time was up so soon."

"So his name was Denys?" I nod.

"And what was he like, your Denys?" My heart clenches.

"The best. From the beginning to the end."

"I'm sorry you had to go through this."

"Don't be sorry, it's all my fault."

"Not everything is your fault, Amelia."

"Maybe so, but I am the only one to blame for his death."

And with that, each of us stops talking. And so it goes on. We keep going through the same scenario, as if we're getting somewhere, but we always come back to the beginning.

"You said you were one step away from death, what does that mean?"

"It means that I began to appreciate life more than ever." And we are silent again.

"I don't like this."

"What? " I’m surprised.

"The way I am with you."

"And what are you like?" I raise my head and look at Danylo. "Open, real, telling everything, even though I see no reason to." "I know the feeling," I laugh.

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