TWENTY THREE

"Elaine?"

"Yes Tom?"

"Promise me that next time something bothers you, you will come to me and not run away from me. Can you do that?"

She placed a light kiss on his lips as an answer before saying, "I promise" she looked up at him, their eyes clashed, his, a midnight blue that it was almost black because of the dimness in the room, hers, a deep brown. Their eyes spoke volumes to each other, a lot more than they have said to the other. Right now, he is a stranger to her, she doesn't know his full name or from whence he came from. She doesn't know his family or who he truly is. She doesn't know his back story or things he had done. She doesn't know what happened the night he came into the town or why he was in that state but one thing she knows is that, he loves her and she loves him just as much.

He is her handsome mysterious stranger but she doesn't care, as long as they are together.

She tilted her head upward and closed his lips with hers, he responded, with the sa