Chapter 36

NADIA.

I was trying to take in all of Riley while he sang when a surge of emotions suddenly hit me and mixed with mine.

My eyes started to water as it finally dawned on me that he was sharing his emotions with me.

This was the first. And I hope it will be the first of many that will come after this.

We never talked about walls and boundaries, but I always shared my deepest emotions with him so he could read everything about me. But he never did it for me. Not until today.

And I felt his pain, his sorrow, and one thing that I was never familiar with - something that was giving me butterflies in my stomach. It let me know that I was important to him.

I slammed my face against the nook of his neck after he positioned me on his lap. I couldn’t fight the sobs escaping my throat.

Too many emotions, too many feelings, but what stuck with me was his pain.

"I’m sorry if I disappointed you today. I didn’t know he would show up…"

"What are you talking about? I’m not disappointed with yo