Chapter 37

Maya

I opened my eyes slowly, letting the sun seeping through the curtains gently hit me on the face. I stretched out feeling a burst of energy pervading my body.

I pulled myself up and looked around. Nate wasn’t in the room, not like he had been in the last week.

For the last few days, all Nate had done was take care of me, wake me up whenever I had to take my meds, get to eat, and get my forehead wet with a piece of cloth wet in cold water.

The thought of what he’d done for me made my chest warm and my heart pounded for him. I couldn’t control the tornado of emotions going through me, and it made me more and more confused about him. About how I felt about him, my real feelings, and I was so fucking afraid to admit to myself that Nate was a big part of me now.

Those weeks when he hadn’t been there had been a nightmare for me, and that week that he was by my side, had filled me in a way that had never happened to me before. I felt complete. Perfect in my imperfection, perfect only as