The next few days are blissful yet filled with nervous anticipation. Charles and I are riding the high of finally being together openly, but we know the other shoe is going to drop soon when Becca finds out.
We spend every possible moment together, trying to savor this calm before the storm. "I can't get enough of you," he murmurs, kissing a trail down my neck as we lay tangled in his sheets.
I giggle and pull him closer. "Good, because you're stuck with me now."
His eyes are soft pools of adoration. "I wouldn't have it any other way."
My heart squeezes at his tenderness. Part of me still can't believe this is real after wanting him for so long. Another part fears it's all about to come crashing down.
Sure enough, three days after Charles ended things with Becca, my phone starts bl
