Forbidden

It was terrifying how much I wanted to dive into him and never resurface.

“I’m sorry I made you wait,” he whispered.
My lips split in a happy smile. “You’re worth it.”

I pulled back to stare up at him. My smile was as easy as breathing, which was sort of how it felt to fall in love with him. It was simply the way I worked, I realized. It was the big picture that I hadn’t been able to see until he was in front of me. Loving him was the thing I was born to do.