Kate P.O.V.
I woke up the next morning feeling totally relaxed. I picked up
my phone from the bedside table to look at the time. It was six p.m.;
I almost screamed. There was no way that I had slept for almost
eighteen hours. Christian walked into the room and seemed
surprised to see that I was awake.
“Hey, sleepyhead, how are you feeling,” he asked.
“Better,” I croaked; how embarrassing.
“Good, are you hungry,” he asked.
“Yes,” I said, sounding clearer.
“What do you want to eat?”
“Cereal,” I answered.
“What kind,” Christian asked.
“You choose,” I told him.
“Okey dokey, I’ll be right back,” Christian said before exiting
the room. I absolutely loved how he treated me, but I still wondered
when all of the drama in my life would drive him away. I knew that
I shouldn’t think that way, but, after growing up in a pretty bad home,
I couldn’t help it.
“What’s wrong,” Christian asked as he walked back into the
room.
“Nothing,” I told him. “I was just thinking, that’s all.”
“About what,” he questioned.
“Just stupid stuff,” I answered.
“Like,” he asked.
“I don’t know; it’s stupid,” I said.
Christian’s P.O.V.
“Wait, let me guess, you were thinking about when I’m
going to leave you,” I asked Kate. I could kind of tell that I was
right because she wouldn’t make eye contact with me. She
stared at her hands for a minute, and I took that as a sign that
I had definitely been right. “Kate,” I whispered, “I’m not going
to leave you. How many times do I have to tell you that?”
“A lot,” Kate answered. “Look, Christian, it’s not your
fault that I keep waiting for you to leave. It’s just that everybody
that I’ve ever loved as left me. Most of the time I don’t even
know how to trust people...” she trailed off. Kate still wasn’t
meeting my eyes. I gently grabbed her face in my hands so that
she had to look at my eyes.
“Kate, what is it going to take for you to understand that
I’m not going to leave you,” I asked her. She shrugged her
shoulders as if to say that she didn’t know. It took a few
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