Niall I watched her eyes widen, and I bit my lip because s**t s**t s**t I wasn’t supposed to let her know f**k. “You-you love me?” she asked, pulling the blanket to the side and standing up on the bed. I stared at her slim body in just her underwear, at the hipbones jutting out of her skin and her rib bones showing every time she breathed. I didn’t answer; I just took a step forwards so I could grip into her hips. Her arms placed themselves on my shoulders and she looked down at me. Her eyes had a lot of emotions in them, and they sparkled like I’d never seen them sparkle before. “Do you? Or did you just say that in the heat of the moment?” I shook my head and pressed a kiss to her stomach, looking up. “Yeah.” “You what?” she teased, finger tangling in my hair. “I love you.” It f