Stimulus

RAFAEL

For the second time around today, Avalyn had said the L word to me and just as I had earlier, I had to help myself from blushing in front of her, my manly ego was going to be tainted.

The mere sight of her and being in her presence was enough to make me feel better and allow me to forget all my frustrations caused by Marcus Zephanie.

Thinking of which, I wondered if I should tell her about it or otherwise. Would it be considered a secret if I chose not to say anything? 

Would that be a bad thing? I silently mused.

It wasn't that I didn't want to tell her. However, the thought of merely mentioning the man was enough to break the jovial mood I was in. I didn't want to do the same for her. Though I wasn't sure how she would feel about it or if she even knew about it already.

That line of thought had me puzzling about something else.