ADRIAN

Hours of staring at the blank screen awaiting her text had driven me to the edge of insanity and back; every single cell in my body was slowly losing it.

Last night was the best time of my life—last night, the dinner, her confession which had rung through my ears for hours, her words that danced through my mind all night, the lullaby that warmed my heart.

The moment those words left her lips, I felt something in my chest awaken. My heart stopped beating, I stopped breathing, and for a moment I thought it was a dream. I thought I would wake up and realize my mind was...