The first time I hesitated when saying those words to him. To him, the man who had picked me up literally from off the ground and dud his best to put my heart back together.

I tried so heard not to see every other man I'd ever known in his eyes. He had done nothing but be the best man I'd ever known and he deserved nothing less from me. Yet as we laid in bed that night he spoke those words to me and I paused and choked at the thought of having to say it back.

He looked me in the eyes and saw my discomfort. I thought for a second here we go, he'll say he loves me and once I say it back he'll think he can get away with whatever he wants to do to me. The last guy I was was with used those words to his full advantage and then treated me as if I was nothing.

Yet, this man the man I feel the most for out of all the men I've ever been with takes my hand and tells me that all I have to do is trust him with those words. All I have to do is speak what I feel and he promises he won't abuse what those words stand for. As I look him in the eye's and let these words fall from my lips, for the first time I feel free. No longer will there be any hesitation in loving someone who truly loves me back...