Time never stills

The reason these two people were so earnest in achieving a different status-quo so fast was simply due to them having feelings for each other. Arguably, one with much stronger feelings than the other.

If nothing else, until now, they had mutual respect for one another, and they had shared a space once in a while. It also helped that they were already married and had been married for a long time. Like it or not, they were not strangers. Additionally, because they had almost no expectations, and had been cordial, there were no true bad feelings between the two.

Daphne's inaction was due to pride and indifference, while Ezra's was due to his fear of rejection and having stared to think that what he had was enough. He had been coping as well as he could.

Daphne had been low-key drooling over Ezra looks, on and off for the past couple of years, making her ignore him even more as she did not want to be noticed, but also because she was in denial. While Ezra was and had been `whipped, ` for close to a decade.

Ezra was deeply infatuated with Daphne, he was addicted to her presence, her face, her existence. And he was falling deeper, as now, he was becoming addicted to her touch, her voice, and her expressions. The prolonged eye contact was not helping his case.

Daphne's eyes were a gorgeous light green color, and her eye shape was extremely seductive. Her eyes were almond shaped and rather long; her eyelashes were dense, long and curly, and it did not look like she was wearing mascara. Ezra was aware that she had a rare condition called distichiasis, where people had two rows of eyelashes.

Ezra could not help but wonder how a human could have so many genetic benefits, as this definitely was not her only unique trait. She also had slight dimples that were perfectly symmetric, they could only be spotted when she smiled widely — a slight smile would not fully uncover those beauties. Her collective face and body symmetry was astounding. If he were to bet, Ezra guessed that her face was also mathematically beautiful. Her features were just perfectly placed, nothing was too big or too small. Her mouth was small, her lips plump and nicely shaped.

As time passed, Daphne had gotten more and more beautiful. She had lost her baby fat and her features were sharper and more prominent than they used to be. Plus, back when she was still in university, her skin was not as perfect as it was now. Daphne had no more pimples, no more dry patches, and no more redness. Most of her skin issues had been resolved and her clear and luminous skin beautified her by at least forty percent.

The fact that she was getting more and more beautiful as she aged drove Ezra crazy. Firstly, he had been hoping to get over her since there was no interest coming from her, but because she kept becoming more glamourous, he could not help but keep his eyes glued to her. Her habits also rubbed off on him. She worked out regularly, Ezra started to work out more regularly. She was taking good care of her skin, he started to take better care of his skin.

Ezra dreaded a future where he would look like an old man beside her; he wanted for them to look perfect for each other, no matter the time or place.