It had been more than a week since the gala, and everything seemed to settle down. Living with Maximus was never part of my plans, but having him in the same house somehow brought me comfort.
He is… I don’t even know how to put it into words. All I know is that he’s responsible, steady, and he makes me feel safe. Maybe it’s just my past speaking, the part of me that never received the right kind of care in a relationship, especially in those last difficult years with Jared. I used to only feel the highs and butterflies of love, never the stability.
Now that I’m with Maximus, I’m scared that this happiness might not last, that there will be something waiting to take it away.
The black calla lilies still linger in my thoughts. Since that night, nothing strange has happened, but the memor
