Should I say yes,or should I give it time? I was still healing from a breakup, after all.
If I say no,all his hard work and feelings he put in all this would just vanish, and this time when I was asked this question,It felt different.It felt like choosing peace, not choosing to hide peace.It was like choosing someone who actually saw me.
So I said it, not loud, not dramatic, just enough.
“Yes,” I whispered. “I feel it too, I love you Darlington.”
Darlington’s eyes softened instantly, the corners of his lips pulling into a smile that wasn’t cocky or proud, just… relieved.
Like I’d handed him something he wasn’t sure he’d get.
He stepped even closer, our bodies nearly touching now.
“You sure?” he murmured.
I nodded, barely holding back the storm in my chest. “I wouldn’t say it if I w
