Chapter 74

My morning starts quiet and weirdly calm. Alexi is gone when I wake up, but the little note he left propped on his empty pillow informs me he is downstairs working in the building today until his meeting later.

The little note I may have held and pondered over for far too long. Tracing the neat scriptwriting and the little out-of-character kisses at the end. My heart’s butterflies and stupid teen girl feelings are coursing through my body. Feeling all sorts of goofy and smiley, the mood instantly sunshine with something so basic.

Mush is becoming a permanent mood for me regarding this man.

Just the simple act of being considerate, I’m a pathetic puddle of icky goo. The guy is trying to be someone I could love and have faith in. He didn’t want me to wake up alone and think he had abandoned me again after a night of curling up and sleeping in his arms. He wanted me to wake up and know that he wasn’t far away and left me sleeping while he had work to do.

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