REVA
Standing motionless, I watched Levi walk away, his broad shoulders blending into the crowd. My chest tightened, only then realizing I had been holding my breath, and the burst of air left me shakily when I finally exhaled.
My heart raced as if I had just run a marathon, and I needed air, too, as the intensity of the moment clung to my skin. But I didn’t want to follow him because I had seen it in his eyes that I wasn’t the only one who got lost in the moment.
I could still feel his touch, the warmth of his hand resting against the small of my back, the way it fit there so naturally. And there was an empty ache inside me now that he was gone, like something had been ripped away.
“What are you doing, Reva?” I whispered to myself, my pulse stuttering as I admitted, once again, that
