BOOK FOUR in The WSU Series
Elizabeth Young -
I've always wanted the star-crossed lovers type of relationship - who knew I would actually get it?
They say the line between Love and Hate is very thin, one I don't intend to experience. I could never l...
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If you had told me at the beginning of the college year that I would be happily married to Kian Bliss, and once again in love with him, I'd say you're lying.
Kian Bliss has made me want to live again. I no longer desire to be alone, all I want is to be with him. He's my home, always has been— I just needed time to recognize that. It all makes sense now why I desired to have a relationship similar to Romeo and Juliet, it's because I wanted too badly to be someone's first choice. I wished for someone to love me so deeply, and so madly, that they would rather die than live a life without me.
A quote that I live by is that, "the more people you let into your life, the more that I can just walk on that." That's true, if I allowed my walls to be down, and open up my heart, I knew all I'd gain is heartbreak. Yet now, when I glance over at Kian sleeping soundly, I know that I have allowed him into my heart long before I realized it. For Kian I would give up anything, surely he must know that because I do.
This love is good, and this love is bad, but I wouldn't change a thing to get Kian Bliss where he is today. Right now, in my arms and the two of us sheltered from this cruel world. Kian Bliss isn't harsh, he isn't mean, he's just misunderstood. Yet, we both know I understand Kian, as he does to me. We were two halves that were made for each other. Kian Bliss is mine as I've always been his, everyone knew it, including us.
"Do you ever just stop thinking?" I hear Kian mumbles in my arms as he peers up at me. His hair is now messy, and no longer perfect, but I always preferred it this way. When I don't immediately respond Kian speaks again, "are you okay?" His simple question which I could easily respond to in a million ways, am I okay? I remember Em once describing herself as being okay all the time, because when she wasn't on anti-depressants, she wasn't sad, but wasn't happy. I think people need to normalize being okay, you don't need to be happy twenty-four seven. And just because you aren't smiling, doesn't mean you are sad either. It just means you are fine.
"I'm okay," I reply with a smile as Kian's eyes watch mine as if I'll break. The last time either of us was cuddling like this before was when I had a breakdown. It was after my father fucking up, again, and I had asked Ele to call Kian. And Kian being the person he is, dropped everything and came to me. Despite all our shit, he came to make sure I was alright because of one phone call between him and Ele. I don't know if she convinced him to come, nor do I care, because we both know the truth.
If Kian had called me after Giovanni's funeral crying, and begging for me, for my help, I would have gone to him in a heartbeat, despite the betrayal. Despite him calling me a game, I would have found him and made sure he was alright. Because beyond us being husband and wife, or lovers, we are each other's best friends. And friendship is the most important relationship, we are each other's family. He's the only family I have left, other than the girls, and my past being Aria and Kai, the girls and Kian, and even Alex, Hayden, and Roma are my family. It just took me a little longer to figure it out.
