A Thousand Heartbeats

“Lennox Au Sucrit,” she began.

I didn’t realize how much my name meant to me until she said it.

“I want nothing in the world but to be yours.”

And that was how I, in less than a day, came to have everything.

How we came to have everything.

I had to be blushing. I hoped Annika didn’t catch that.

“I love you. In spite of all that’s happened, and regardless of what comes next. I am hopelessly yours.”