Chapter 52

"I-I know I shouldn't be jealous because I like you and you like me, but we're not as good as we are... it's difficult to picture what the two of us are like! It's as if we had a connection in the eyes of others, despite the fact that we don't. I know, just because you like me doesn't mean you won't like anyone else." Other people stare at us as we walk by, but I don't mind.

"Alyana—"

"Just tell me now, Stephen, if you have any intentions of having a relationship with me. If you have a plan for us, I'd like to know what it is because you are always present in my dreams when I think about my future! I only wish you were like that, that we were on the same page. Yes, I'll acknowledge that we don't have much in life, and I have nothing else to offer you but to love me and my body." My tears haven't stopped flowing.

"Tell me if I should expect anything from you, Stephen, tell me if I should expect anything from you—"

"I'm in love with you!"

"I don't say "I love you" to women who aren't si