I hope you know that.Īs I continued to lay in the arms of my husband, a man who had stuck with me through many challenging things, I felt eternally grateful. His gaze became serious and intensified as he added, You are amazing. Besides, the Bible says when we are weak, God is strong. You’re much stronger than you think, and one day you will realize that. It angered me at the time, but the memory turned out to be an everlastingly sweet one. I smiled at his comment, remembering how he volunteered to take my place as a hostage just so he could keep me safe. You rushed in there without any fear for yourself. I saw it when I was in the bank being held hostage. You have a deep strength that you don’t even realize you have. I would never have made that decision if it weren’t for you. You mean like giving up your acting career for music? I asked. With you by my side, I’ve been able to make decisions I couldn’t bring myself to make before, things I wanted to do but was too afraid to try. But you give me a strength I could never have had on my own.

I have struggled my entire life with issues like self-confidence and mental weakness, and I never understood where they came from. I never thought there was someone like you out there for me. He moved his eyes toward the ceiling where they remained glued as he whispered tenderly, I never thought I could love like this.

Oh yeah? How so? I asked, laying both hands on his chest and resting my chin on top of them. I am so blessed, he breathed, locking his unwavering gaze onto my playfully dancing eyes. He pulled me against him again and began rubbing my back in the familiar loving fashion, drawing what I imagined were elegantly scrolled lines on my back. He laughed, jerking as we both wiggled around on the bed, careful of my pregnancy bump. I reached under his arms and began tickling him, something I knew always worked no matter what his mood. Yeah, but they were just characters from someone’s imagination. Rising up on my elbow, I peered down into his soulful, sleepy eyes and strummed my fingers through his unruly hair. I chuckled, jabbing him playfully in the ribcage. Well, except maybe Romeo and Juliet, but look what happened to them. Lily, I don’t think there has ever been anyone as much in love as us-ever.

His British accent was as charming to me as my Southern one was to him.

Do you think there is anyone out there that is as much in love as we are right now? I asked, feeling like I knew the answer but wanting to hear his lovely accent say the words. In his amazingly fresh scent and smiled, snuggling even closer if that were possible. S I lay cuddled in his tight embrace, I breathed

Exposing Kitty Langley by DeAnna Kinney