Chapter 71
THEODORE'S POV
I couldn't focus my attention on what was going on up there. I looked but I wasn't seeing. I heard but I wasn't listening. All that clouded my mind was her.
I couldn't get the picture of her eyes off my head. She looked exhausted and utterly defeated, her eyes filled with pain and worry. Her face was a blend of anger and exhaustion.
*flashback*
"You're right love. I do want something from you and it's what I've told you before. I want you. I can't honestly say I'm in love with you because heck! I don't know what that means but one thing I know is that I want you in my life and I want to have a place in yours too."
I looked at her over the corner of my eye. I could feel my heart beating through my chest and into my ribs. I closed my eyes and swallowed a lump
