Come on spit it out, youre scaring me a bit here. I said with a laugh.

Everything that had happened that night really had secured my emotional armour to withstand just about anything fate had in store for me. But even though the ghost of a dead woman couldve been floating above our heads, my dad had introduced me to his ***** partner and it looked as though I could be showing my drawings in a gallery in LA. None of that even mattered compared to what was standing before me, stumbling over simple words and difficult expressions. Whether it was good news or bad news that was about to depart from Millies, lips I knew this was hard for her to say. I just had to keep my fingers crossed that she wasn’t about to share with me her big secret of being married with three kids and a labrador.

Ok, here goes. she said, letting out a deep breath and fixing her gaze with mine. I love you Trixie, I’ve fallen head over heels in love with you, I want to spend all my time with you. I feel like I’ve known you forever, like weve met before somewhere, maybe in another life, I dunno but…

I didn’t let her finish, I kissed her. Pulling her as close as I could manage, wrapping one arm around her waist as the other clung to the back of her neck and our bodies pressed together.

I love you too Mill. I said in-between kisses.

I roughly navigated Millie back onto the double bed with the drape covering the top and the unique wooden carvings along the head board and bed posts. It wasn’t ideal, but as long as I was kissing Millie, it was perfect.

Everything and nothing swam through my head, Millies words repeated themselves in a sweet ballad for my ears. I was so happy I had to stop kissing her because a smile was pushing itself rudely onto my lips.

I looked down at the beautiful woman beneath me, I wanted to stay there for eternity. Just looking down at Millie, so perfect and tranquil, knowing I was secure in the fact that she was there for me. It was me she was looking back at and it was me which she had entrusted with her heart.