Sincerely Yours (Love in Seattle #2)

by Asia Monique

Chemistry between two people is the strangest science of all.

Moreover, I preferred someone who would accept that sometimes I didn’t have a lot to say. Someone who had no problem talking for the both of us if needed.

“Maybe the one person you actually want to pursue will take the time to really get you.”

A simple ‘hello’ just didn’t seem right. I had no real knowledge of the person she was, but what I did know was that she was worth more than a simple hello.

Simply because I was intrigued and confused by her ability to read my body language.

Somehow she knew, and that was a big deal for me.

A big fuckin...

Every time he looked at me, words… a lot of words began to write themselves inside of my mind.

His soulful eyes told many stories—stories that I wanted to be in on.

“Is he frowning a lot?”

“Yeah, tilting his head, brows drawn tightly together. You know, frowning.”

“He does that a l...

“Not because he’s upset...

“This is…”

“You,”

“I had a feeling that it wa...

I was already sold on this being my forever home without seeing everything, but I wanted to hear him talk, wanted to bask in the smooth voice he mostly kept to himself.

It was right then that he unknowingly gave me a glimpse of the real him. I knew that I wanted to see it again, and when the time came, I wanted it to be because of me.

I wanted him to knowingly come to life for me.

“My brother isn’t a project, Jonae.

“He isn’t a story for you to uncover and then ditch after you’ve figured him all out.”

“I hope that the interest I see in your eyes whenever you look...

I needed to see her face in order to really grasp how she felt.

There’d only been one woman in my life who I loved unconditionally, and she fucked me up inside.

Knowing all of that only made it harder for me to open up, but fuck, I wanted to see if I could do that for Jonae. I just didn’t want to mess her up in the process.

“I think I’m going to love it here.” “Yeah,” I agreed, nodding. “I think you will.” And maybe I’ll get you to like me too.

“Yeah, happy. Makes me wonder when you stopped being that way.”

“Long before then,”

I understood him without knowing his story.

Zeke and I were weird. The chemistry was weird, but it was there.

The spark was trying to ignite, and I knew he felt it too; he had too.

He felt like home to me, and no place had ever felt that way before; no man had ever made me feel that way just from a simple hug. None of it made sense because I barely knew him.

How could someone I only knew a few things about make me feel like I was home when with them? It just didn’t seem possible, but here I was, immersed in the so-called impossible.

“You should know that doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will,”

“I’m the last person to be telling you how to feel, but do me a favor and kill the doubt.”

“Can I be s...

“It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means, you’re about to do something really brave.”

The enthusiasm in her gaze when she talked about her love for reading, the way her eyes opened and closed while seeming to be in a dream-like state. It was beautiful; she was beautiful.

Jonae made me wonder what it would be like to feel that type of love for something. I knew what it was like to love because I had my brothers and my father, even Amelia. But that was a different type of love; this woman made me wonder if I could feel that for someone who wasn’t related to me.

you’ve always been worthy of genuine people, Nae.,

Manny: What did you plan, Zeke? Israel: You have to give us something! Ish: Did you guys not see my message? He left me on his doorstep. I’m tired of being treated like a stepchild.

Me: I’ll let you three in on it after it’s over. Let me do this on my own, alright? At some point, they had to let go. They had to let me do my thing, on my own, without interjecting themselves.

I didn’t need superheroes anymore; this wasn’t that.

She began to work them onto her feet, and I leaned down to assist, lifting her foot slightly and securing the buckle on one shoe before moving to do the same with the other.

Everyone always felt like I was the one who needed to be reassured, so to be on the giving end of it gave me a little insight on why it was so important.

“Chemistry between two people is the strangest science of all.”

I felt as though she were showing me a part of herself; she didn’t show many people. A softer, more open part of her that I wanted to protect.

“Never met a pretty girl before?”

“I’ve met plenty, but never one that shook the foundation I stand on.”

“If you plan on being around for a while, then I suggest you embrace it because we treat our people like family over here. A lot of us grew up poor and didn’t have one or both of our parents around. So, we created something special, something we’ve all committed to that can never be broken or penetrated by an outsider.”