I mulled that over and had to admit he had a point. He tipped my chin up so he could see my eyes.
"Look, this is none of my business but I'm going to ask anyway. Are you in love with him?"
My belly jumped and my heart skipped a beat. Did I love Derek? Really love him, or was it just hormones and gratitude? I remembered how Derek looked holding me, stroking the hair out of my eyes with that tender smile on his face that he always wore after we made love, and my heart flipped over in my chest.
"Yes, Samuel , I am. It scares me to death to admit it, but yes."
He smiled at me and dropped a light kiss on my temple. "That's what I thought. When you talk about him, you get this glow like you're all lit up inside. I hope you don't mind me telling you there's just a tiny bit of me that's jealou
