He tilted her chin and touched his lips to hers. “Kisa, keep talking to me like this. Open, honest, and truthful. I won’t promise I’m never going to get angry. It is part of my life to be a twitchy prick,” he smiled when she chuckled, “but I will do my best to talk to you. I don’t want to fight, and I promise you, I will never walk away from you again as I did Sunday morning. You have my word.”
She couldn’t help herself as her fingers touched his cheek nervously, “I’m terrified of you.”
“I know.” He said sadly as he held her hand to his face, turning his lips into her palm. “I am going to work extremely hard on making me the place you seek sanctuary, not the monster in your nightmares. It will take time, but we will find our way. We will be the couple deserving of each other.”
She smile
