Roxanne knew that obsessing over those three little words was sophomoric. In junior high, people would talk about who loved whom without really giving it a thought as to what those words meant.
Six months after she'd moved in with Tom, he still hadn't told her he loved her. She lay in their bed following an afternoon nap, pregnancy making her more tired than she'd ever been. Looking at Tom's empty side, she wished he was there for her to cuddle.
She thought about how he often showed her his affection with kisses and gentle caresses. Moreover, he frequently told her he cared about her. He even showed his feelings for her by buying her gifts such as a foot spa for her swollen feet and giving her nightly foot massages, but he hadn't said “I love you."
He probably just assumed she knew it
