DANIEL

I crossed my arms when I saw Rose walking down the steps and at that moment I could have sworn that all the anger and anxiety I was feeling at that moment was starting to disperse away from the back of my mind into the empty wind.

I pursed my lips and chimed. “Wow!"

She had to be the most beautiful woman I had ever seen descending those stairs. I was mesmerized watching her walk through the door, to the point where I was looking almost like a black swan— Beautiful and radiant, glittering underneath the moonlight.

“You are beautiful," I muttered as I walked up to take her...