*Daphne*
When I admitted my feelings to him, it was as if a heavy weight was released from my chest. I had felt so tight and constricted holding the feelings and the secret in. I spoke the truth, regardless of the consequences.
I had nothing left to lose.
I waited for him to respond. His face had become so stoic and unreadable, that I wasn't sure what his actual reaction was. He could have been thinking I was joking and I wouldn't have known either way.
He looked hardened, like what I had just said had struck him.
Finally, he spoke.
“I have feelings for you too, Daphne. And want you to know that I know it would take more than a lifetime for me to make up for what I've done to you," he said with a lilt at the end of his words that promised more. “I know my words may not mean much,
