Adore S.M |Prequel to Devoted|

thirty-one

|Shawn|

|12th December 2016|
|6:42pm|

With Elle's fingers intertwined with mine a content smile planted itself onto my lips as the two of us walked our way along the street, on our way to begin our date that I had planned.

"I love this place at Christmas time" Elle smiled from beside me as she rested her head against the side of my arm, the sounds of her heels tapping against the pavement with every step.

"I can see why, it's beautiful" I grinned, staring up in awe as I admired all the warm Christmas lights that were wrapped around the trees and hanging from pole to pole.

"I bet Toronto looks amazing at Christmas" Elle added, bringing my eyes down as I flashed a smile down at her.

"Yeah it does, especially when it snows" I replied, soothing my thumb back and forth along Elle's knuckles.

"What are you doing for Christmas when you get home?" Elle then asked, my eyes briefly leaving hers as my they wandered along the street to see other couples on their own date nights.

"I have a pretty big family so we're all going to have a big Christmas at my parent's. Our house is pretty big so we always hold celebrations at ours" I explained, glancing down at Elle to see a sweet smile on her lips.

"You're so lucky, I've always wanted to have a big family" Elle sighed, making me give her a wide smile, as I lightly squeezed her hand.

"Yeah it's pretty great, you never get bored to say the least" I grinned before leaning down and pressing a soft kiss to the top of Elle's head.

"Do your parents come back for Christmas?"

Feeling Elle's hand tighten in mine she then lifted her head off my arm. Knitting my eyebrows together at her strange reaction I glanced down at her to see a somewhat sad look in her eye.

"Hey, you okay?" I soothed, coming to a stop as I stood unfront if her.

"I'm fine" Elle shrugged, the frown on her lips visibly noticable, as she lifted her hazy eyes to look at me.

"You can talk to me Elle" I comforted, now placing both my hands on either of her shoulders, as I sincerely held my eyes on hers for reassurance.

Letting out a soft sigh Elle just walked into my chest, curling her hands up against me, as I automatically wrapped my arms around her. Feeling a frown of concern pull on my lips I warmly held her body against mine as I rested my chin on the top of her head.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it Elle" I whispered softly, rubbing my hand up and down her back.

"I do" Elle softly sighed, lifting her head to she could look at me.

"It's just, I don't even know how to start"

Giving her a sympathetic smile I felt my heart ache at the faint look of pain looming in her eyes. Reaching my hand up to her face I gently pushed one side of her hair behind her ear before leaning down and pressing a soft kiss against her lips.

"How about we leave it for now and go enjoy our date first? I have a feeling you're going to love what I've got planned" I smiled warmly down at her, resulting in her lips also matching mine, as her blue orbs shone brightly up at me.