MILAI spent the rest of the day in bed.As I fell in and out of sleep, all I could see was Felix’s face the last time I saw him. The haunted eyes. The deep frown. The heartbroken slump of his shoulders.And although he was now only a few miles away, he felt farther away than ever.Towards the end o
MILAFor a moment, I could not move or speak. It was all of my dreams and nightmares coming true at once.His face–that face that had haunted my every thought for the last week and a half–was now only a few feet away. I could reach out and touch him if I wanted.I had spent so long convincing myself
FELIXAs it turned out, finding Mila was the easy part.Getting her to forgive me? That was going to be much more difficult.I could feel her hesitance and worry in my gut. Our magical connection had not faded, despite our fight. The good news was that I could tell that she was torn, and did not out
FELIXMila’s breath caught in her throat as I said those words.“I love you,” I said again, hoping to drive the point home as much as possible.“You don’t mean that,” she said softly, but even I knew that she was simply trying to convince herself as much as me. “You don’t have to say that.”“I do,”
MILAIt was extremely satisfying to walk down the stairs from the static and inform my family that Felix was picking me up in fifteen minutes for a date.Nadine looked like she was about to vomit, and my parents both looked like they were going into cardiac arrest.“Where did you get that dress?” my
FELIXAs soon as Mila said yes, the dark clouds that had been shadowing my heart immediately dissipated.I would have made love to her right there in the middle of the clearing, but the last thing I wanted was to put any sort of pressure on our relationship. We had started our companionship with sex
MILAFelix and I sat on our hotel room bed, holding hands and breaths. I stared at my blank phone screen in anticipation.DING!And there it was: the headline of the century.PRINCE FELIX OF FRESONIA ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT TO AMERICAN CHEF MILA BENSON.Underneath the bold title was a large picture of
“We’ve had our ups and downs–” I started, but my father immediately jumped in.“More ups than anything else,” he said. “Mila is adopted, as you may know, and we reminded her every day of her life how lucky we were to have chosen such a wonderful daughter.”His words made my eyes burn with tears. Not