"Why didn't you let me pick you up when you came back?" Joshua Hughes looked tenderly at the person in his arms, her flushed face, dreamy eyes, and swollen lips. He had been missing her to the point of madness, and just when he thought he couldn't bear it any longer, she appeared before him, completely unexpectedly, bringing him overwhelming joy. Perhaps heaven took pity on him; every day and night without her felt meaningless, like living as a walking corpse. Thankfully, she came back.
"I wanted to surprise you," Avery Jane leaned on his chest, quietly listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat.
