Lily stared at Adam, blinking away the tiredness in her eyes. She had not meant to sleep for so long.
“You should not say that,” she murmured finally. “You don't really know me so well. Not like you used to, anyway.”
“I know enough, and I don't forget, I know you are enough as you are, and that is what matters,” Adam said softly. “You could never be a failure, not in my eyes. You better believe it too. I’m not going to let you forget it.”
Lily exhaled a shaky breath and leaned back against the sofa cushions. She didnt want to disappoint Adam, not even a little bit. She had hated it when Leon had made her feel small for doing anything that he saw as not good enough or to his standards.
“Leon always said that-” she started to say.
“I am not Leon, though am I, Lily?” Adam
