•••••••••• Novah •••••••••• “Happy birthday, my love,” Nolan says, walking up to me before taking my hand and leaving a kiss atop it while I stand rooted in my spot, speechless, looking at him and the dinner for two setting; also surprised he remembered. “You remembered?” I mutter, amazed, because I didn’t think he would. I told Nolan when my birthday was on our first night together at the apartment back in Novah. I honestly didn't think he’d remember after everything that’s happened and I wouldn’t have blamed him. “Of course I did,” he says, reaching for my face, gently caressing my left cheek, and causing me to lean more into his touch, enjoying the sensation caused by the sparks. He looks so handsome in a gray blazer with a matching gray t-shirt, black jeans, and black sneakers,

