Hearing Zaine’s insecurities and knowing the reason he had walked away from me had made me want him more. He was scared. And the fact he wasn’t afraid to show me his vulnerabilities made him all the more appealing to me. He had never hidden that side of himself from me. Destiny had a funny way of working itself out sometimes, I think, and perhaps bringing me to college, which, in fact, had been my second choice, all so I could meet the man by my side, so I wound up here in this exact moment, was maybe exactly what was meant to happen…
Zaine sat on the edge of the bed looking up at me with a tenderness within his eyes as he reached for me. His hands snaking around my hips. “I don’t know that I could do all of this without you, you know?”
“Do what? Mark me?” I teased. “That generally doe
