The rain had stopped,sunlight spilled across the wide bedroom, catching the faint mist still clinging to the glass doors that opened to the balcony,the world outside looked calm deceptively calm like the storm had never happened at all but the ache in Elena’s chest told her it had.
She stirred slowly, the silk sheets warm against her skin, her hand instinctively reaching toward the other side of the bed but it was cold and empty,then she realized he didn't spend the night in her room.
She sat up, the memories of the night before hitting her all at once,the sound of the rain, the way his arms had felt around her, the way his voice had cracked when he said I can’t lose you.
Her pulse fluttered painfully,It hadn’t been a dream. He’d held her,kissed her and for a fleeting moment, she’d seen
