Our kiss is long and lingering, and when I pull back, she looks up at me, eyes shining. “I love you, Charm,” I say softly. Because once you know a girl sees you for the man you are, once you know she’s never leaving, she wants you forever, and she’ll take a chance on you, it’s easy to let the words out. “I know,” she says, smiling. “I love you too.”
