Chapter 61: The Diary

 

Achilles’ Point of View:

The last sentence of the diary left my heart beating like a drum. I breathed heavily as my eyes stared at the words.

“I don’t know if it’s even possible, or if you’re even available… but I think I like you, and there’s nothing more I want than to be with you.”

I let out a shuddered breath. This might just have been the longest I was speechless. There were no words, no thoughts in my head—a dead silence that went round and round as I processed it, but my mind was completely blank. I had planned for everything in my life, but there wasn’t a single second I thought this could happen.

“Uh, Achilles?” I heard her voice after what felt like at least seven minutes. I looked up at