ROMY | 18+ ✔️

CHAPTER 17

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QOTD: You will heal.

ROMY:

It took me a good five minutes to fix my hair, dress and makeup. When I finally step out Marcus is standing, his brows furrowed, his face burrowed in his phone, the dim lighting in the living room bringing out the sharpness of his jawline and all the contours of his beautiful face, highlighting what a beautiful specimen of a man he was. And it was in this moment it struck me that I was madly, irrevocably in love with him. And no matter what happened, a part of my soul will forever belong to him. I inhaled sharply, feeling dizzy at the sudden realization and sat down in the sofa next to me catching Marcus' attention. He immediately walked to me in concern and sat next to me examining my face, running his hands all over it with great care. He stood up in an instant, "Romy, where is your thermometer, we need to check your temperature. You looked really flushed my love. Are you feeling alright?"

While went on his rant about how I never drank enough water and it was the root cause of all the problems in my life right now, all I could think about how I wanted this to be situation forever. Him fretting over little things, us coming home together, marry, have children. I wanted it all with Marcus. Somewhere in between his rant, he walked into the kitchen to get me a glass of water and sat next to me and made sure I drank it all up.

"You feeling better, Love? We could cancel and eat at home, I could whip up something quick for us and we can watch something on TV and cuddle?" His eyes were wide, concern for me shining so clearly I wanted to cry. I shook my head. I cupped his cheek as he continued looking at me. 

"I love you, Marcus. And I don't think I'll ever love someone like I love you." There. I said it. He froze and my heart rate sped up as I awaited his response.

Was he gonna run? Like physically run out of the place? Say thank you? Fist bump me? Hi-five me? I would cry if the response was anything other than I love you too. My eyes already stung with tears, but I willed myself not to cry just yet. A big smile spread on his face seconds after which he tackled me into a big bear hug which made me squeal loudly as it dissolved into giggles at his gesture. Even if he didn't say it back, this was definitely  good sign.

He finally released me and let me sit up straight and looked into my eyes, his hands gripping my shoulders gently. "My Love, you've got no idea how happy you made me." He leaned in until our foreheads touched. "I love you too, Romy. I love you so, so much." He kissed me softly on the lips, threading his hands through my hair. I placed my hands on his chest and melted into the kiss and my heart exploded in happiness. We broke apart and smiled at each other loopily. I bit my lip and stood up, extending my hand to him, he looked at me puzzled.

"Come on lover, you promised me a dinner date" I spoke. He smiled and took my hand and stood up and we walked out of the apartment together. We were so late to the reservation he had made, but I was past caring, if they won't take us, we'll go to Taco Bell. 

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We sat in a peaceful silence while he drove us to the dinner place, after pushing back our reservation to a later time. For first the time in a long time, I was at peace. This love and connection hit me in the most unexpected time and after I finally surrendered to it, did I find some sense of peace in my life.

I hear my phone ping with multiple text messages. I see Marcus frown slightly before making it with a neutral, expression and focusing on driving as I picked up my phone and saw that they were multiple texts from Cassie.

Cassie: Call me 

Cassie: Right now!

Cassie: ASAP GIRL!!