A smile slowly crept into my face as my heart continued to flutter.
I had no idea how many times my heart soared and jumped out of my chest in the last two days that she was here. If this is not love, then I wondered what I should call these feelings.
Nadia has awoken a part of me that I didn’t know existed.
“Do you love me, Nadia?” My voice came out hoarse, as I stared at her, trying to catch her gaze.
Her eyes widened as her lips parted, something I noticed that she usually did when she was lost for words. And then she would close her mouth and slam her face into my chest, hiding how her cheeks reddened in embarrassment.
And she did exactly as I thought.
I wrapped my arms around her, holding her close as our breathing slowed down, our hearts beating in perfect sync.
“Do you love me, Nadia?” I asked again.
I heard her heartbeat starting to race again as her palms on my chest turned cold.
I kept my mouth shut. I would wait for her answer, even if it took a whole day.
“Will you laugh at me if I say yes?” She answered in a very low voice, her tone laced with uncertainty.
I pulled her body away from me, curling a finger under her chin before tilting it up to catch her eyes. My fucking cheeks were hurting from the smile that seemed to be permanent on my face right now.
“I would never laugh at you, never. But I want to hear it.” I told her, my gaze not leaving hers.
“It’s not fair. Why do I have to…” She scrunched up her nose and I had to cut her off.
“Please…” I begged her, biting my bottom lip.
I know I was the male in the relationship, but my heart couldn’t take another rejection, especially not from her. I wanted to know if she felt the same way about me.
She closed her eyes, her head still tilted up under my hold, before she whispered the words I’d been dying to hear.
“I love you, Riley.”
My eyes watered, but I blinked back the tears. I wanted to hear more.
“Open your eyes, baby. And say it one more time. Please…”
She slowly opened her eyes, and I saw what I had been trying to find all my life. Love, passion, and acceptance, were all swirling in her eyes as she stared back at me.
“I love you, Riley. I really do. And if you’re willing to give me a chance, I will try my hardest to make you love me and forget Andrea.” She looked like she was about to cry and I wanted nothing but to tell her she thought wrong.
She had no idea she had my heart from the first time I smelled her. I opened my mouth to talk, but she just continued talking.
“... I might slip. I might get jealous and walk away from you, but I will never walk out of your life. So if you’re ready for a lifetime contract, you need to be prepared to see me knocking on your heart every day because I will do everything to make you love me back.”
I blinked back another set of tears that were threatening to fall down before I cupped her face and crashed my lips against her, kissing her with deep and full passion, pouring everything I felt for her into a kiss.
How did the Goddess give me such a wonderful female when I am fucked up man? How do I start explaining what I felt for her?
“Nadia…” I pulled away from her lips and rested my forehead on hers. “You have no idea how happy I am right now. I am yours. All of me. I don’t know what this thing is that I feel for you. I never felt this way with anyone. But ever since I smelled and met you, you’ve been everything to me.”
I withdrew my forehead from hers and looked at her straight in the eyes, still holding her face in my hands.
“...When I breathe, I smell you. When I eat, I taste you. All my thoughts are about you. And when I fuck myself, all I want is you. I don’t know if this is love, but I like what I feel for you. It makes me feel alive, Nadia. And you don’t need to knock or force open my heart, you’re already living there. Just you, you alone. No Andrea, no other female. Do you understand me?”
She nodded her head, her eyes never leaving mine. Her teeth were biting her bottom lip so tightly that I felt it would draw blood soon, while her cheek was turning scarlet red as she fought her own tears from falling.
