Page 228 of Not Over You

This man is my everything. I know what he means about feeling vulnerable. Without him, I have always felt like a piece of me was missing. The years that we were apart I’d just been getting by, doing what I had to do to one day be free. It wasn’t until I fell back into his life that I began to feel again. To really live.

And love.

It has always been him. From the moment I tumbled into his arms, we were always meant to be together. Now there would be no stopping us.

“I love you,” I sniffle out, turning my head into his chest.

His hand rests on the back of my head and I feel his chest vibrate with the deep, soothing tones of his voice. “I love you too, little thief.”

My eyelids grow heavy. I don’t fight the pull, knowing that I need rest to get out of here. I can’t help but tease him one last time though.

“Did I hear you tell someone you were my fiancé?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t remember saying yes.”“You will,” he whispers into my ear, making me smile as I fall asleep in his arms.

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