chapter 109

Ella Smith...

A small smile was ghosting my lips as I threw the phone over to the chair that was near the window and looked back at the cananvas that was standing tall in front of me.

I felt incredibly better after texting with Elijah. I really wanted to do this. I really wanted to see if there was a possibility that I might recover my voice.

Even if the checkup gives way to the answer that there was no bringing my voice back, I still wanted to try. There was nothing I was going to lose by trying it out.

But there was much to gain.

After what Elijah said to me the previous night, there was a need deep within my stomach to open my lips and say the three magic words to him.

Tracing it on his skin or mouthing it out didn't feel as fulfilling. Signing it was definitely intimate, especially with the extra effort my husband had been putting in learning sign language to the T.

With a small smile on my face, I started doing the final touches to finish the painting.

I felt bad for having a