11 Mia felt a little bad for not saying anything back to Sage, especially considering she felt the same way but she was too scared and also extremely taken aback. She hadn’t expected him to say it in the first place after all he hadn’t been expressive with her when it came to actual words. He had of course shown her how much she meant to him by getting a tattoo that symbolized her but she hadn’t heard him say the L word before. The other reason she hadn’t said it was because she was terrified of him leaving her in the end. She didn’t want to make herself so vulnerable in case he walked away with Laura which Mia really hoped wouldn’t happen. She had had the words on the tip of her tongue for the longest time but wasn’t sure she was ready to say them back. There were so many things she nee

