"Tom, can we stop for a moment at Gustoso Italian? I'm really in the mood for gnocchi," said Leah, her eyes stared at Tom from the rearview mirror.Tom thumped the steering wheel with his fingers. Confused."What's the matter? Did Jerome tell you to take me straight to the Penthouse?" asked Leah with no surprise.Tom cleared his throat, "No problem, I'll take you there Ma'am," Tom decided, at last. He would be waiting right at the exit, Leah wouldn't be able to run anywhere anyway."Great! Thanks!" Leah threw her gaze to the window, observing the traffic jams of New York City for the last time. She sighed heavily. Everything felt like a dream. How could her ordinary life turn out to be this dramatic? Suddenly Leah missed the past five years of her life when things were still so good.Suddenly, tears rolled down Leah's cheeks. She wiped it quietly, she didn't want Tom to see her sad. Leah was sure, that Tom w

"Do you want to have dinner with me?" Leah said hesitantly. Adrian looked at Leah in surprise, "Are you serious?"Leah nodded several times, she was quite confused as to why she asked Adrian to have dinner with her.Adrian could not help but smile, making two dimples appear on his face. Then he walked following Leah, who had already walked in front of him."Shall we go grocery shopping? I'll cook delicious food for you!" Adrian tried to keep up with Leah's steps. He couldn't hide his enthusiasm. Leah shook her head, "Nope, I've filled my refrigerator with a lot of groceries,""I'm trying as best as I can to not to appear in the public area, Jerome can be anywhere, I don't want him to catch me again, so I've bought everything I need for the next month, like a person ready for war," Leah babbled half-jokingly.Adrian looked at Leah with a pitying look. How could Jerome do all these terrible things to the woman he loved?"Leah," Ad

Leah did not answer, nor did she refuse, she just looked into Adrian's eyes in silence. Adrian lowered his face, even more, his nose almost touched Leah's, just when his lips touched Leah's half-opened lips, suddenly, "Adrian! Are you sleeping? Can we talk for a moment?" Vivian's voice came from behind the door.Leah jumped and released herself from Adrian's hand reflexively. She turned around and cleared her throat softly, trying to shake off the awkward atmosphere that filled the air around them."Yes, Mom! I'm coming!" Adrian walked toward the door without daring to look at Leah, her cheeks flushed red. They were truly like two strangers who had never dated before.After Adrian disappeared behind the door, Leah let out a sigh of relief. She covered her face wit

"Where are we?" asked Leah when she had just opened her eyes after sleeping almost four hours in the car, she turned to look at Adrian with her eyes half-closed. Adrian smiled at Leah who looked still sleepy, "West Virginia," Adrian answered as he kept driving.Leah straightened up, looking around her, the expanse of mountain scenery spoiling her eyes. "Are we going to stay here?" Leah muttered, her hand pressed the button to open the car window.Adrian nodded, "You said it was up to me, so I chose this city, you don't mind right?" Adrian's face looked a little worried. "Absolutely not, anywhere is the same for me," said Leah casually, she didn't care where she lived, because wherever she was she still had to hide from Jerome.Adrian's car turned into a narrow road with trees filling the right and left of it, Leah didn't protest, she just stared at the scene with a much better feeling than before. Being away from the noise of big city life was enough to

“Have we ever been to this place before?” Leah asked, gripping Adrian's hand tightly. Adrian nodded with a hopeful glare on his face, "We always spend time in this cabin at least once every month, can you remember anything?" Adrian couldn't hide his happiness.   Leah bit her lip, her eyes looked at Adrian with tears in them, “I remember we are sitting here like this, doing the same thing like what we do right now, oh my dear God…” Leah touched Adrian's face, tears started to fall down on her cheeks. "Our memories are real..." Leah whispered still not believing what she was feeling.   Adrian touched Leah's hand that was on her face, "Welcome back baby..." Adrian said with a broad smile. "Thank you for making our beautiful memories the first thing you remember, I don't care if after this you can't remember anything else, for