Chapter 39

I watched as his gaze brightened up immediately and a wide smile stretched on his lips. "I missed you more Ave." Fuck!! How much I've longed to hear that from him; not just in my wet dreams but also to my face. Being reunited with him after so many years made me realize something; he was different from before. Though his kindness and affection towards me never for once changed but the way he carried himself; his commanding presence, the maturity and the aura he exuded. He isn't the same Marcus I used to call 'brother' those years. He had grown to be better than how he used to be but have I? Even after wanting to be independent, I still needed his help to be pulled out of the never ending abyss I had succumbed myself into. I feel like I still need him instead of wanting him. Though, I know I was at fault; I spent years of my life pleasing people that didn't care about my efforts still.. I could forget those wasted years but not what happened at the chapel. I couldn't let them go free fo