: : : Sophie : : :
Kieran swallows hard like the words are too heavy to say. And finally, his mouth opens, and the words come out slowly.
“I can’t tell you… how happy that makes me feel… that you feel the same way about me…” His voice cracks, and my heart cracks with it.
“I love you more than anything in the world, Sophie…” He says, and my heart swells when he calls my name. “...Rejecting you was the hardest thing I had to do… Every single day I spent without you tore me apart… It was the biggest regret of my life, and I hope you can forgive me for that…”
The honesty and rawness in his words leaves me breathless. I nod my head and a single tear trickles down my face. “I understand why you did it, Kieran… And I’ve already forgiven you… A thousand times over…”
I’ll never forget the look
