Breaking out of the Cocoon

phone, Emma's tears

seeing him as her future husband. Saying she didn't

lentlessly with mes

xactly are yo

send me your flight det

. I'm really looking f

efore this, Nathan's replies were alwa

es about his busy schedule or time dif

nse. "Can we get engaged when I'm b

sent, Nathan didn't

You promised to marry me. D

o the chat, as if scare

. Was it lingering hope? Or a ne

finally replied. "I've alw

one carried

u calm during your treatment abroad.

power button until her phone shut o

down her tear-s

splashing cold water on

the other men. "I never reach out to her on my own. If you hadn't dared me t

nk. "A sobbing pig hiding under the covers, her f

noticed Emma standing st

and sat, asking casua

ust Nathan's got this cling

Nathan cut in. "It's been three years.

o leave, but Nathan grabbed her wrist. "Y

phone in front of him. "It

two minutes, someone delivered

at the airport the day before. She gave

se of familiarity stirring in his

shed away the day's exhaustion