Chapter 60. Heartbreakers (1)

2018, December 4th. Caines, Terres Somnia

Waking up to Emily’s little body on his, every naked inch of her wrapped snugly around him, not even the anxiety of what Aaron was going to do about his impending engagement could ruin the perfect happiness he felt as he waited for her to wake up. The smile she gave him when at last she did was bashful, but true. It hadn’t been a mistake for her after all. He should have told her, damn him to hell for never telling her. He should tell her now. It had waited long enough.

“Good morning,” he said, lightly dragging his fingers through her long, now disheveled strawberry blonde hair.

“Good morning,” she answered in the same doughy way, doe-eyed gray storms looking up at him.

There were more pressing things to say, to decide, but again the words wouldn’t come. She was stuck in that moment with him and he with her and no one could have convinced them that the world was still spinning, not for anything in it. It was for this