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“Shh, love,” he whispers, cleaning the errant tear that falls down my cheek. “Soon we’ll be together in the south, where we can bathe in the ocean and feel the warm sun on our cheeks. You’ll leave this winter wonderland and enjoy the spoils of summer. We are going to be so happy, kitten, that the gods will be envious.”
“I don’t doubt they would be,” I whisper on a soft sob.
Even I am jealous of the woman who will end up having such a life.
I bury that wretched thought deep until even I can’t find it, and focus on what is right in front of me—Teo.
I haven’t lost him yet.
He’s still here with me.
Loving me.
I still have this and right now, it’s more than enough.
“Do you love me, kitten?” he asks.
I nod, unable to form the words.
It’s all Teo needs to see for him to softly press his lips against mine.
My eyes widen at the unexpected kiss, since he’s never kissed me before.
In fact, I haven’t kissed anyone until tonight.
I close my eyelids and let myself be taken by the moment. Butterflies fly in my lower belly as his lips mold to mine so perfectly it’s almost as if the gods themselves created them just for me. My racing heartbeat is dangerously close to leaping out of my chest with each second that passes by.
But just as I try to deepen our kiss, Teo pulls away and curses.
“Shit. I have to go,” he utters, pissed, looking over my shoulder.
I turn around but don’t see anything or anyone there.
Teo lets me go from his embrace and starts to rush out of the gazebo.
“Wait! Teo!” I shout, confused.
“I’ll be back, kitten!” he shouts back. “Just stay here and wait for me.”
Without even waiting for my reply, he rushes off to only the gods know where.
My shoulders slump as I walk over to the nearby bench where Teo had placed my heels and I begin to put them back on my bare feet. I stare at the blue roses on the floor while counting down the minutes to his arrival.
It had been sweet how he chose to declare his love for me.
It really had been.
If it wasn’t for the fact that, after our kiss, he ran out on me as fast as his feet could carry him.
And every minute I stay sitting here, waiting for him to come back to me, the more foolish I feel.
After what feels like a full twenty minutes of just waiting for Teo’s return, I get up from my seat and give up.
If he really wanted to be with me, he would have stayed.
Maybe I’m the world’s worst kisser.
Argh!
