My heart flips. Seriously, it does. Love me? Did I hear him right? Or am I hallucinating? I want to slap myself hard in case I’m just imagining things. I can’t believe this. Love?
“What did you say?” I want to hear it for the second time just to be sure.
“That I love you. I love you so much Mel.” He repeats emphasizing the word love.
Excitement runs all over my body bursting into butterflies in my stomach. This is the second time he is saying this but the effect the words have on me is more than the first time he said it. Will I ever get used to this? Is it even true?
I roll over and lie on my side facing him. My eyes meet his and I squirm at the intensity in his eyes. They pierce into mine giving me a shiver I cannot explain. I trace his cheekbone with my thumb and sigh heavily.
“I
