~ Nyra

“You look so beautiful when you smile like that,” Rylan whispered as he slowly pulled away from me.

His eyes sparkled with emotions so thick, I felt the jolt deep within me. It felt like something warm, something a little too intimate—something I wasn’t ready to name.

“I don’t know what I’ll do without you,” he continued.

His voice had this quiet drawl, so laced with affection that it settled around my heart like a blanket I didn’t know I needed.

I blinked slowly, ...