Sinful Man. Part 60

Xavier embraced her, holding her tightly with their faces inches apart. "Helena, stop thinking about what you're supposed to do. Stop thinking about what you're told to do. Stop thinking about what the world has taught you is right and moral. Join me or reject me, I don't care anymore. I just want you to finally be free. Do what makes you happy and follow your heart and I will help you however I can. I've spent my whole life lying, but these are the truest words I'll ever say: Helena, I love you."

They stared deep into each other's eyes before Helena finally stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Xavier. With their bodies shivering in the rain, they stood like statues, holding each other tightly while their joined lips moved like waves.

After all the time Helena had spent seething with anger and drowning in desperation, she never felt like she was on a path so right as she was now. For so long, her hatred and love for Xavier had been entwined so tightly in her heart that she