AXEL
I knew the moment Kaylee left the cabin because I wasn’t sleeping, as she had assumed.
It had been torture, laying there, pretending to sleep when all I wanted to do was open my eyes, pull her into my arms, and not let her go.
Fortunately, I still had enough sense in my head. I had already made a mess of things. Confessing my feelings on New Year’s Eve had been a blander of epic proportions.
But I hadn’t been able to think straight that day. Not since waking up with Kaylee in my arms and realizing I wanted her in that position every morning for the rest of my life. That thought had been enough to send me out of bed. Then I came back to the cabin to a spooked Kaylee and just like that, reality made itself known.
Love and relationships weren’t for me. So, as Kaylee dressed and
