Chapter 120

Like last time, I leaned towards him and searched for his mouth, blindly. Ivan reacted quickly; I didn’t even notice when he took the glass from my hands and put it on the table, without leaving me for a second. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his lap. I found the perfect spot perched on his legs, and once again we were one, in an embrace so close I could feel the furious beating of his heart in my own chest. I thought I was going to burst with joy, in the perfection of that moment.

He was more than suitable to say it:

“I love you, Ivan,” I whispered, against his lips.

He carefully pulled me away from his embrace, and although I resisted stopping kissing him, he forced me to look at him. He was smiling, yes, and he patiently tucked my loose hair behind my ears. For a second, I feared I’d been too quick, that I’d said the wrong thing, and my cheeks grew hot with embarrassment, but

“there is something that I have thought since I met you, and th