Chapter 54AureliaHe pulled back from the kiss and looked at me with wide grey eyes and his mouth slightly open like he couldn't quite process what I'd just said. I could see tears forming in his eyes again, shimmering in the warm light filtering through the windows from the city beyond. His mouth parted in disbelief, lips still swollen and glistening from mine. His hands trembled where they cupped my face, thumbs hovering as if afraid to disturb the tears tracking hot, salty paths down my cheeks.I realized with a start that even though we'd said we loved each other before, hearing it now in this moment felt different and new, like I was seeing him truly vulnerable for the first time and it made my heart ache in the best way possible."You love me?" The question escaped as a fractured whisper, his throat working visibly with a hard swallow, Adam's apple bobbing. Vulnerability etched every line of his face, stripping him bare in a way that twisted something deep in my chest. Thi
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