Chapter 40

He blinked in disbelief, his face twisting in complex emotions after hearing my confession. My heart thudded against my rib cage at what I've said and then I couldn't help but feel overwhelming intensity of butterflies erupting in my belly.

Love is such a strong word yet what I feel for him is so much more than it. I've never named my feelings before but maybe I loved him ever since I first met him. This feeling is so beautiful yet at the same time, it's aching in my heart to make him believe that I love him so much. Every fiber of my body loves him.

He suffered so much just for a single letter that I wrote to him. He suffered to the point of going insane and if this man doesn't deserve indefinite love in return then I guess no one does.

He tried to pull his hands back to himself but I held them and shook my head. "Please, don't." I said, placing a soft kiss on the corner of his mouth.

"If you can put up with hell just for my letter then let me