Warmth flooded my chest, wrapping around my heart so tight it felt like I was swaddled in a sun-warmed blanket.
As it turned out, our fates had been tied together five whole years earlier, long before either of us had realized it.
That night, I laughed and cried all at once, emotions spilling out of me like a broken dam.
Ian stayed right by my side the whole time, quiet and steady, listening as I rambled on about all the grievances and pent-up frustration I'd carried over the past few years.
By the end of it, I curled up in his arms and drifted off into a deep, peaceful sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, I was tucked in my own bed.
On the nightstand beside me sat a glass of lukewarm water and a small handwritten note.
Drink some water when you wake up. I picked up breakfast fo
