Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 25187 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 126(@200wpm)___ 101(@250wpm)___ 84(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25187 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 126(@200wpm)___ 101(@250wpm)___ 84(@300wpm)
Oh, Ruel.
It just makes me want to cry every time I see that precious smile of his. I know it’s silly, but I’m torn between wanting to hoard all of his smiles for myself…and wanting the whole world to see it because they’re that beauti—
W-What is he doing?
He’s turned the laptop around and adjusted its view so that its camera is now directed on the lower deck and the turquoise waters surrounding us.
“R-Ruel, it’s my turn to present—”
“I know,” he says. “You told me about your assignment last week. Introduce yourself as a patient.”
If he knows about that, then why is he interrupting—
“Trust me, love. What I’m about to do is the only instruction they’ll need from you.”
My eyes widen.
Oh no.
I try to escape, but of course it’s no use. He’s swung me up in his arms, and I do my best to free myself but nope. It’s like going against a force of nature, and the next thing I know, he’s slowly laying me down on the couch, dark gaze gleaming in a way that never fails to make my heart race.
But even so.
They can hear us, I mouth in panic.
He presses a finger against my lips.
Not if you don’t make a noise.
And then he’s slowly lowering his head—
W-Wait!
My hands press against his chest, but it’s like trying to move a wall, and…oh!
I nearly cry out as his lips brush my ear.
“I love you.”
He only whispers the words…but everyone in my Zoom meeting clearly hears it because the next thing I know—
AWWWWWW.
I hear everyone’s response from the laptop loud and clear, and I feel like laughing and crying even as I find myself reaching up to touch his cheek.
“I love you, too.”
There’s no point trying to mouth this, but everything after those words, though…
I manage not to make a sound.
And as much as I hate to admit this…
He’s also right.
It’s all the introduction the class needed to know who I am.
And that’s a wife who loves her husband…and whose husband loves her back.
The End