My consciousness returned before my body fully woke up, but even in that hazy state, I felt amazing. It was as if I were floating on cloud nine, weightless and warm, and it was all because of him.
I love you.
He had said it so freely, so effortlessly, with a kind of certainty that left no room for doubt. His voice had been steady, filled with tenderness, with meaning. Those three words coming from his mouth had changed everything. They didn’t feel hollow, didn’t carry the same weight they had when Liam had said them to me. No. When Daniel spoke them, they were music, a melody straight from his heart, resonating deep in my soul.
I rolled onto my side, my hands stretching across the smooth sheets of the magnificent bed I was lying in, reaching for him. But I found nothing. My fingers graz
