Her heartbeat thudded crazily within her the moment she processed what her mouth had just seemingly blurted out on its own. They held each other's gazes and noticed that both of them probably had the same look in their eyes.
But Alicia was the first to snap out from that trance they were caught in. She had already realised she had been falling deeper and deeper for Ezekiel every moment that she spent with this man. Even though she had already admitted to herself of her desire for him, she still had never used that word, until now.
She had never thought that it would actually slip from her tongue. But there it goes. It rolled out so naturally from her lips before she could even realize it. But it was not too much of a shock anymore – not for her at least. She had already felt that her feelings for him now had developed to a point that was much more than just simple lust, more than just plain desire. It was something which was stronger than that, something much more powerful.
