Lover of Mine
My eyes began to narrow and my lips to tremble.
He tightly shut his eyes for a quick second and immediately continued, “I was first hesitant to take a risk on love... I was worried, no, more like frightened, to fall so deep that I might get myself hurt. I tried to keep these emotions to myself because I didn't want you to think you had to fix someone else again. I didn't want you to feel responsible for my own shortcomings and flaws. In fact, I wanted to be someone who could help you. I couldn't stop thinking about ways to treat you right after hearing about everything you'd been through. I was desperate to give you all the love I had... but who was I kidding? I never got genuine love from o