Chapter31

#Chapter31

I could only loom around completely dumbfounded. I allowed him to guide me to the table lit by a single candle. A small picnic basket sat in the middle.

All of this seemed so surreal.

He'd done all this for me?

/"How-why?/" I stuttered over my words, trying to get some sort of explanation.

His gaze trained on me from across the table. /"I wanted to make you happy. And looking at your reaction right now, it was totally worth it./"

My eyes widened.

Why was he doing this?

Why now?

His voice interrupted my thoughts. /"Stop questioning everything. Stop thinking so much./"

I sighed. /"I can't do that./"

His expression became solemn. /"Why can't you just let yourself be happy for a change? You start overthinking every good thing that ever happens. It's like you don't want to be happy anymore./"

My expression hardened. /"You don't get it./"