Chapter 101 — Will you help me, girl?

I open my eyes slowly, trying to get used to the light coming through the window and blinking a few times, smelling the coffee flowing through the room. I spread my hand across the bed, feeling the softness of the sheet not just on my palm but all over my skin, and pull the empty pillow into my arms, hugging it tightly, sensing Julian’s distinctive scent, so masculine, so cozy, so familiar…

Now that I think about it, my body reacted so intensely to his cologne, and now it makes me feel at home.

I close my eyes, feeling great peace in my chest, happy that things are starting to get into place. It’s too early to say that everything will turn out well, but at least we’ll try.

Letting go of his pillow slowly, I feel my heart skip a beat. I sit up in bed, noticing that I’m wearing one of his shirts — a green one, just like his eyes that looked at me so intensely last night when I told him I loved him. I don’t remember the moment I