She was bold enough to admit that she was physically fascinated by him. In a short while, she got comfortable with words like infatuation and attraction to explain her intimate connection with him.
But, she didn’t remotely consider their connect as love.
Even with emotions running high she abstained from looking at their attachment as anything deeper.
Perhaps it was simpler to call it a superficial crush than anything profound. That not only ensured ‘no expectations’ but had also fit the lax morals’ bracket quite well.
Inadvertently, along with her trivial feeling, the deeper emotions for him were also wearing the comfy garb of infatuation. This is how she viewed them during his brief stay in her life.
But, after parting from him the upheaval caused by her dark emotions got her nearer to her heart, which was aching for him.
While drifting apart she knew it would be a matter of time when ‘out of sight, out of mind’ will kick in.
But, since the past three months, her heart has been longing for him and after fighting a relentless battle in her mind, she whispered for the first time, ‘I love you.’