One Night, forever mine

e: The Unsp

me, the memory of Jaxon lingered, his steady gaze, the weight of his words. He wasn't just a man of promises. He was a man of

echoed through her apartment door. Her

in the doorway with tha

xo

mething real beyond the tangled emotions between them. It was like

e said, stepping forward befo

the umbrella from

There was something different about him now, somethin

ut what I said?" h

hut it all down before it got too messy. But she couldn't. Not with th

er voice steady. "But I don't know what I'm supposed to do

expect you to. Trust takes time. But I'

to focus. This wasn't about them, it shouldn't be.

anks for the umbrella.

, searching, questioning. "I can't just leave, May

something in the air, something she couldn't quite exp

en know me,"

lied, his voice low and s

than she expected. It wasn't a demand

that moment, Maya wasn't sure if she was scared or

g, she stepped forward. Just a small step. Her hea

move away. He

ed. "I don't kno

s voice deep and soft, almost as if h

without expectation, cracked something inside her. She wasn't sure if it was vu

was leaning in until her

iting for her to make that move. His lips tasted like the coffee she'd had ea

adling her face as if she might disappear if he let g

at her, his eyes were full of questions and

her hands threading into his hair, feeling the weight of the

stared at her naked body like he was seeing her for the first time. Maya's cheek burned, he captu

red through her curtains, bathing the room in a soft glow. She sat up, stretching, fe

a word about it. He'd simply held her, wrapped in th

or her phone, ther

. But I'm not leaving. I'll make

uch she'd been longing for reassurance, for someone to tell her t

he really let him in? Could she trust him? After all, they were stil

ar from the start. He

e want

r thoughts. It didn't matter now. She h

n't help the fluttering in her chest

ations, h

she wasn'