19 The Breakup

Sarah stayed frozen in her place for a few moments, she was trying to gather her thoughts and reply in a way that wouldn't hurt him. To love him was not the question here, the question was about happiness and that was much more difficult to answer than she thought. Of course she was comfortable with him, felt safe with him, he felt like home to her but true bliss was probably what she had never really experienced. She crouched in front of him. Desperate to undo this situation which was quickly spiralling out of control. “Listen to me, Eric. I love you. You're the only one for me. It was definitely not what you think it was. We were not about to kiss and this was just a friendly dinner to please my client. That's all. I may seem distant at times but it's just that I have an issue with dependency. You know that about me. I promise you, I will try to give you more time. Whatever you need from me, but please, don't be mad. I won't be able to live with myself if you do this over such