Chapter: 33

ELENA

He hadn’t said it back. I had noticed but that hadn’t bothered me. It’s Rylan we were talking about and he had something holding him back, a bitter past probably. I believed every word he said and that expressed his feelings just enough. I could work with that.

Picking the tray up, I walked out to the living room. He was sitting on the couch and browsing through Netflix. On seeing me he offered me a small smile.

"I thought maybe we could uhh watch a movie or something…" I smiled and set the tray down.

"Yeah, that will be nice." He nodded before I went and sat down beside him. Hardly did we start the movie when we heard Ava.

"Daddy? Mommy? You're back early?" She slowed down in her steps and stared at us. Stacey was just a few feet back.

"Yes sweetheart, we came home early." She came and stood in front of us before looking at the television.

"You are watching a movie?" Rylan picked Ava up and placed her on his lap so that she was facing me.

"Ye