EMILY
“What… what…”
He pulled me closer to him, my back firmly against his hard chest.
I gulped down the lump that formed in my throat.
The reason for his sudden action was surprising to me and the step I expected to take in my head didn’t seem to happen, instead, I stood still in his embrace.
I melted, loving the warmth I got from his closeness. I shouldn’t be feeling this way. I should walk away. I would have died some hours ago but I survived and that’s the more reason I shouldn’t be close to him.
While my head gave me lots of reasons to walk away, I stood still.
“I know I shouldn’t have done what I did some weeks ago. I should have done right by you but I didn’t. We kissed and I began to ignore you. That was unmanly of me. I was just scared.”
“It wasn’t that I was scared but
