Standing Before Love Novel Novels & Stories

I stand there and I listen to every second of it and I do not go back in. This is what love looks like when you’ve broken it and you’re trying to earn it back. You stand in the hallway. You wait. You don’t leave, but you don’t go in. You just stay.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I’m trying not to disappear. Her chest hurt. She stared. Then typed back You don’t have to do this alone. Seen. No reply. And for the first time she understood something. Sometimes love isn’t two people running toward each other. Sometimes it’s standing still long enough for the other person to come back. Monday morning arrived too quickly. She stood outside the office building longer than usual. Hand around her coffee. Heart strangely nervous. Not because of work. But because today felt different. Like something had shifted over the weekend and nobody had told her what.

--- And Daniel? Daniel had never been more afraid. --- Not of losing business. Not of scandal. --- But of failing the woman trembling against him who was risking her heart one more time. --- Outside, phones kept ringing. Inside, two people stood in the quiet before consequences. --- Love had gone public. --- And public love was never gentle. ---

"I know." "I mean it." "I know." She rests her head on my shoulder. "I love you too." We stand there, holding each other. The city hums outside. The trial is coming. The truth is finally free. And every lie I told was already expected. But the love — the love was a surprise. End of Chapter 115

Her love healed me, made me new. I stood in front of her in our bedroom, the patio doors closed and the candles still flickering in the window. My eyes were locked on to hers as I moved in closer. I pushed my jacket over my shoulders and let it fall to the floor. It was so quiet I could hear it thud against the rug. My hands moved to her coat, and I slowly pushed it off, let it slide down her slender arms until she was in just her black dress. I could see the slight hesitation in her eyes, but I could also see the love I’d never noticed before.

Inside, two people stood in the fragile space between fear and fidelity, aware for the first time that love was not what endangered them. Truth was. And it was moving closer.

And she whispered back – without even one tremor of hesitation or fear – “I love you, too.” **** Dear Reader, I very much hope that you enjoyed following the individual and group stories of the ‘Fighting For Love’ series characters. ‘Fighting Love’ (Fighting For Love #3), the next book in the series, is Reena and Mitch's story and and it’s available here on GoodNovel. I also invite you to please check out my website: www.marysoljamesromance.com

on the new page. For a moment, Jennifer stood still like a living statue, in her head a voice resounded "I love you, really love you"….