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41 - Fairytale

~Gemma~

Shit! He looked pissed. Like really pissed. “Dev.”

His rage-filled roar reverberated in the office. “Do not call me that!”

I risked it. My hand rested on his chest. “Why did you ask if you didn’t want to hear the truth?”

“I knew the goddamn truth. I saw the way you two stared at each other, the way you touched. I had to hear you say it. I had to know what he said was the truth and not fucking bragging.”

He pulled at his hair. “How did this happen?”

It felt like a rhetorical question. I attempted anyway. “It just happened organically. No magic, no fucking predestined bullshit. It happened along the way, amidst all our interactions, sharing, caring, and plenty of fighting. One day I just knew.”

He stared at me, eyes roaming over my face. The crushing weight of his pain crept over me. I thought he would punish me by letting me wallow in his hurt. Instead, he wiped away my tears with his thumbs before pulling me into his embrace.

I hated my tears. I hated the way he held
L.Maci

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