Slow but steady

For a while, they just looked at each other and smiled through their phones.

“Do you think there will ever come a day that we’ll have an argument so big it affects our relationship?” she suddenly asked.

Jeff’s heart thumped. Was this her opening up to him about her worries?

“Never. That day will never come,” he answered confidently.

“How are you so sure?” Tina asked back.

“I’ll never let you go to sleep angry. When there’s a problem, I’d like for us to communicate about it. If it’s something on my end, I’ll try my hardest to fix it. If it involves one of us giving in, I’ll do that gladly."

"If you’re not ready to talk about it immediately, I’ll give you time to cool off while still taking care of you and reminding you about how much I love you daily.”

“If the problem is on your end, I’ll try my best to fix it as well. I’ll take 9999 steps, so you just have to take 1 step towards me.”

He wanted her to know that in their relationship, she was the most important. He wanted to be someone that she could willingly rely on.

“You look like you’re ready to drag me to church right now, hahaha.” She laughed at how serious his face got the moment she brought up their relationship.

Before he could reply, she added, “how can I just take 1 step? That’s too unfair to you. I’ll take 10 steps, so you can take 9990 steps.”

He couldn’t even get mad because she had the brightest smile on her face as she teased him.

“Whatever my queen says is right.” He gladly obliged her.

Novel cover is by Zipcy (Yang Se Eun). Very beauty illustrations. Check it out on https://www.boredpanda.com/new-romantic-couple-illustrations-korea-zipcy/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic