Chapter Seven
Nerves flutter into life now we're in the flat. I want to be with Elias, more than anything, but something about the time apart has made me worry that things won't be as simple between us anymore.
It's ridiculous when nothing happened. It wasn't even that much time. But none of that information is helping me work through the anxiety.
"Is everything all right, Harper?" Elias asks as he walks into the room from the small kitchenette.
I sigh and turn to face him. "I'm worried things have changed."
"Okay. That makes sense. Do you want to hear about it?"
I bite my bottom lip. Do I? A small part of me wants to push it all aside and not think about it. But that isn't going to do anything to change the way I'm feeling.
"If you want that."
He smiles reassuringly at me. It work
