Alexi
I smiled at the sight of Rebecca standing next to her Mercedes. I wasn’t expecting her. Her smile was radiant with a tinge of nervousness. She was stepping out of her comfort zone with me. I understood it. She has spent the last three years in the shadows of her relationship, and now she is free to live.
We stared at each other for a minute. The breeze in the air teased strands of her hair across her face. Her arms crossed, her hands gripping her biceps. My smile softened. I love her. She knows it. I’ve been chasing after her for almost a year. Cornering her, telling her that one day she’ll be happy and mine. She didn’t believe me.
But ever since that little boy Brayden said she would be free, I had all the hope in the world that what he said would come true, and now, finally, it
