Chapter seventy nine

Emily’s POV

He led me inside and I still couldn't find it in me to say a word.

His presence alone was satisfying, it intoxicated me in more ways than I could explain.

How do I tell you that this man meant so much to me?

Is this what falling in love does to people? Does it make you soft and weak until there's no more fight left in you? Is it just one of those moments where the world stops spinning, everything slows down and the sun shines? It feels like something that belongs to me.

Like you're in my hands, I'm the only one who can see you, who can touch you. Like all your secrets are mine and all your sorrows come to a stop when you’re near me.

But I don't understand how anyone could want someone else so desperately.

It doesn't make any sense.

If anything, it makes too much sense. If anyone is perfect, it would have to be him. That made so much sense.

“Are you sure you are alright Emily? Does any part of your body hurt? ” His voice was deep and soothing, it calmed me almost instantan