Elena Armas

ecause his words were, without a doubt in my mind, the most beautiful thing I would ever hear said about me. To me. And for me.

“Everything that had happened hurt me, left a scar, but it didn’t break me.”

you keep taking care of me this fiercely, it’s going to be really hard to go back to real life.”

“You are very close to driving me out of my mind.”

“If you were really mine, I’d do this all the time.”

“Because when I finally take those lips in mine, it will be the furthest thing from pretending. I will not be showing you what it would be like if you were mine. I’ll show you what it is. And I sure as hell won’t be showing how good I could make you feel if you called me yours. You’ll already know that I am.”

“When I finally kiss you, there won’t be any doubt in your mind that it is real.”

see each other often.” He sent me a side-glance. “And if we don’t, I make sure we do. I try to catch her on her break, steal a glance or two in the hallways, pass by her office without having an excuse. Anything that will put me in her head for just a few moments a day.”

my heart flopped in my chest when his hand met mine midway,

Honest, genuine concern.