Sierra’s POV I froze for a second, dumbfounded by his words. I turned to face him and only then did he come closer. Did I hear right? I highly doubted it. But the way he looked at me made it hard to breathe. Arthur held my face, stroking my cheeks softly. “I love you, Sierra,” he confessed. I could hear my heart thumping in my chest. “I truly love you and maybe it’s a lot to say, but I know you do too,” he said. “Sierra,” he called. “Say something,” I parted my lips, but barely any words came out of it. “Breathe, Sierra,” I heard him say, and only then did I realize I had been holding my breath. He ran off to a nearby kiosk and got a bottle of water before running back to me. With the lid off, he brought the bottle to my lips. My eyes remained on him as I downed the water. I wasn’t s

