“I love you,” I mouth into her skin. My stomach clenches with the silence, but I don’t expect to hear her say it back. I just... need her to know. Her breathing is low and deep. “I love you too,” she whispers. My heart stutters before dropkicking me in the chest and beating double time, happiness suffusing every single cell. She loves me. And with those words I know, without a shadow of a doubt, I want to have a life with her. I will never find another love like Lily. She’s my person. My little bird. And I’ll do everything I can to help her find her song.
