#Chapter 64 - A Heart to Heart

James Derek loves me...He told me, as well as an entire room full of people, that he loves me. I should have been happy, right? I should have been feeling utterly elated that he’d finally spoken his feelings about me. But, for some unknown reason, I found myself feeling rather numb. Numb and filled with more unanswered questions. Why? Why had James chosen, of all possible times, to tell me that he loves me during a press conference? Why couldn’t he have shared his feelings with me in a more private, intimate setting? Something like that should have brought a warm feeling or, at the very least, a spark of jovial surprise...Instead, it left me shocked. However, the press was absolutely losing their minds over James’ public display. Several photographers snapped their cameras in hopes of capturing the moment. Reporters from all over the room were fighting to get their chance to throw other love-related questions at us. Peter’s very presence had gone completely ignored. It w