C54 Breakfast and Betrayal

I nodded, a small smile tugging at my lips. “I think I will.”

“Good,” he stated, consolation evident in his voice. “Because I wasn’t making plans on letting you leave.”

We both laughed, the tension easing even more. I may want to see the love and determination in his eyes, and for the first time in a protracted while, I felt like we had an actual shot at making matters work