Chapter 47
Raven’s POV
“Raven?” He called again as I smiled at him.
“Yeah,” I said with a smile. “I am. I’m just… it’s nothing.”
He looked at me awkwardly for a while before nodding.
We spent the rest of the evening together, talking and laughing. The tension that had once been between us seemed to melt away, replaced by a newfound understanding.
As the sun set, casting a golden glow over the room, I felt okay.
Things were not perfect, but they were getting better.
I had forgiven him, and in doing so, had freed myself from the weight of my anger and hurt but I had not forgotten it.
It would take me some time to recover from what we had gone through.
We stood by the window, watching the stars appear in the twilight sky. He took my hand, his touch gentle and reassuring.
“Raven,
