Summary

In Chapter 14, Alim carried Feyi up to his bedroom, where one wall was entirely glass. She complimented the view as he stared at her. He commented that he had many times wondered what she would look like standing where she was now standing. Alim confessed that he was not sure whether he should have kissed her, but admitted that he had wanted to kiss her the morning they had watched the sunrise together. When he asked whether she felt that what had occurred between them was “just a kiss” (171), she admitted that she had feelings for him unlike anything she had felt since Jonah. Alim made it clear that he returned these feelings, suggesting that he would go with her anywhere in the world. He said that he had made a choice to kiss her that day because he had been fighting his...