Chapter 76 — Love Rules Without Rules!

Love?

Did he just say love?

I panicked.

The word echoed over and over again in my head, even as the silence fell like a heavy cloak in the room.

It slipped from his tongue so easily, so casually like it was just some random word. It wasn't a random word, it was the word, ‘love’. My mind couldn’t decide if I’d really heard it or if I was imagining things again, like I always did with him.

I swallowed, but this time, the lump in my throat ...