Chapter 156

"Can I tell you a secret?" He brought his face much closer than before. He was so close I could smell the alcohol in his breath, and strangely that was turning me on.

"What secret?" I whispered back.

"I'm in love with you," He giggled."I always have been. And I've always wondered if you left the way you did because I never said it. So here, let me start from now to say it. I love you, Julie. I always will."

"You don't know that," I placed my hand over his.

"I do." He smiled proudly.

"And how would you?" I had to ask.

"Because I've tried hating you before, and I couldn't..." His hands left my face and while the left snaked my waist, the second stopped at my neck."Did you even feel anything for me back then?"

"I did," I answered with a mere whisper.

"And what about now?" He asked again and I started to curl my toes in the fluffy slippers they were in.

"I haven't been able to sleep without thinking about you since you kissed me that