It was all happening so fast…. It was more than an offer it was indeed a big step but the thought of — the quiet, numbing terror of me being alone in that house that was terrifying after everything— an then his raw admission that he needed me like the way I craved for him…
His eyes reflected that madness again: a kind of feral devotion that frightened and thrilled me. He needed me the way I needed air. I never thought of him to be the romantic one, but I could feel he was seeing our future together. That craziness and devotion are what I always craved in my man, and here he was claiming he’s stupidly in love with me and wanted me to be his forever.
What else could I ask for?
I was ecstatic on cloud nine.
I had known I loved him — the realization had been a slow, steady ache — but to
