I hear the door to the apartment swinging open with a creak. It must be Evelyn. I open my eyes and sit up slowly on the sofa. I glance to my watch. She's only been gone for forty five minutes. I had expected her to take longer.
As she enters the room, I greet her. She doesn't say anything back. Instead, she heads for me and takes a seat beside me. She scoots as close as she can to me and rests her head aganist my chest. She slumps slightly, burying her face into my shirt. I semse that there's something bothering her but I don't address it directly. I just place my hands around her and hold her close to me. I lower my face and press my lips to her forehead.
"I love you," she mumbles.
I lie back on the sofa and she moves in harmony with me, resting her head on my beating heart.
I run my fingers through her hair and cuddle into her, my free hand in hers as we share this moment of sweet embrace.
"I love you too," I say.
It couldn't be more true.
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Providence
RomanceRyan and Evelyn met one night at a college party, unaware that that one meeting would lead to the formation of an endearing bond between them. Three years later, at the completion of their degrees, they are both forced to encounter the harshness of...
