‘I can’t believe you’ve done this for me.’ ‘It’s just crème brûlée.’ ‘No.’ Her eyes glisten. ‘No. It’s so much more than that. You’re the only one who really listens to me. I thought about you every day. Every. Day.’ There’s a fierceness to her expression. A rawness. ‘We’ll never be apart again,’ she tells me earnestly. ‘I promise.’ And I believe her.
