Chapter 31

"I want you, doll. I want you, so will you be mine?"

Those words, hearing it from his mouth, sounded foreign to her ears. A name that he hasn't called her for years now.

She closed her eyes to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. This wasn't the right place for her to let those tears out. With him, it was never the right place.

"Release me now, Theo" she said softly, trying to stop herself from breaking down. She doesn't have time for this, this moment, these emotions were something she vowed never to experience or feel again but it seems with him that was impossible. And that makes her feel so stupid and vulnerable.

His hand tightened around her waist, pulling her closer to him. His other hand played with the tip of her hair, ignoring her request. He could hear the loud beating of her heart and that was enough for him to know that she still loved him. He found it extremely funny that a day could change everything, a day with her was like a thousand years. Especially when