Chapter 60:

A Huge Step A key. But a key to what? Suddenly, an absurd idea flashes across my mind as I gasp, “You are not asking me to move in with you, are you?!!” He gulps and sits up straighter. I haven’t seen him this nervous before.

“Yeah, that’s what I’m doing,” he smiles awkwardly. “But honestly, this isn’t the reaction I was looking for.”

I sit there still, my mind completely blank.

He is asking me to move in with him? But we are only 18! And, of course, he isn’t like normal students since he has his own house and everything, but regardless, we are still too young to make such huge commitment! I am the only one to think that moving-in is a huge, huge step for a couple? Amidst the silence, he leans over and grabs my hands, “OK now you are scaring me a little. You make it seems like that I’m holding a gun to your head and

forcing you to jump off a cliff.” I force out a smile, “been there before.”

“Just tell me your real thoughts. It wouldn’t be the first time you rejected me, and I think I can take the hit,” he says in a playful tone.

His attitude eases me up a bit. I take a deep breath and try to organize my thoughts, “well… I just think we are moving a bit too fast. We just started dating not so long ago and there are so many issues between us, like our parents, school, college...Are you sure now is a good time?”

And there is another reason. I haven’t figured out what happened three years ago with that letter that went missing for no reason. I find it hard to open up to him with this between us.

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“OK, I hear what you are saying. But I still think you should move in with me,” he says.

“Really?” I raise an eyebrow.

“Just answer me this: have you ever thought of our future before?”

stunned for a

I’ve actually lost count. I fantasize about us going to the same

after graduation and, eventually, committing a lifetime of happiness to each

so many heartbreaks at this point that I dare not think too deep into

now he is asking me

“Yes.”

thought of it before, so many times. But I don’t see how that relates to what we

not years later. I don’t want to wait another 2 to 3 years to have you in my life. I want your face to be the first thing I see every morning when I open my eyes, starting today.” I find it hard to keep the corner of my lips down, “you sound very forceful.” He smiles with me, “So is it working then?” It is working, probably a little too well.

day.”

softest place in my soul. And I have to admit that I want everything he just said. Under

Is that a yes?” he gasps with a hoarse voice. “I-wait, let me do this the right way.”

bed and slips into his shirt and jeans as quickly as possible. Then he takes the velvet box in his hand, getting down on one knee

shoulders shaking with laughter. “Please get up! I’m begging you–” Yet he carries on anyway, in a

deep into his beautiful green eyes. “–of moving in with me?”

seems very ridiculous, with him getting down like this and me sitting on bed naked. But I still feel a lump

choke and nod several

jumps up and pulls me in for a long and deep kiss. I kiss back as hard as I can. At that moment, I’m so happy that I feel my chest is going

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also hitting it off really well. When

so, yeah,” I nod. “Unless you’ve found

shrugs, “Unfortunately no. But I’m positive that something is out there… you know what? I’ll check James’s phone sometimes without him knowing.” “What? That’s a bit too

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