about sex. She’d never imagined actually sharing her life with another
person like this. Never allowed herself to actually dream.
Not like she was doing now. She imagined Romi moving in with her
eventually. Sharing a room. A bed. The house. She imagined going on dates
with her, experiencing life, maybe even having a family one day. Now it
was more than just her chest pinching. Her entire body felt like it was being
crushed under a weight, but it wasn’t a terrible weight. It was just a heavy
sensation. Disbelief. Maybe that’s what it was. She was daring to believe
that everything she’d never thought could be possible for her might actually
happen.
“I bought wine,” she whispered, since that seemed safer than grasping
both of Romi’s hands and asking her if she
wanted children one day.
Romi glanced around the house. “That’s great. Thank you. This place is
amazing. I love the neighborhood. Everyone’s houses are so beautiful.”
“They have that old-world charm that most new places don’t.”
“I wasn’t sure what the inside would look like when I was standing
outside trying to get brave enough to knock on the door,” Romi admitted
with a soft, self-depreciating chuckle.
“You were nervous?” That surprised Kiera. Why didn’t she ever consider
that Romi would be scared too?
“Yes. Of course. You’re so beautiful. And perfect. I keep thinking that
you’ll change your mind about me.”
“About you?”
“Yes. I’m just so ordinary compared to you.”
“Ordinary?” Kiera scoffed. This time she did take Romi’s hand. She
smoothed her finger over the smooth, soft skin of her knuckles. She gasped
when Kiera looked straight into her gorgeous jade eyes. They were so filled
with emotion, hope, vulnerability, fear, that it made the ache in her chest
that much harder to bear. “You’re not ordinary. Even if you were, that’s not