“If you don’t want that . . . I understand,” she said haltingly. JJ realized he hadn’t responded to her declaration. “I want that. I want you,” he rushed to say. “You have no idea how much. But I will not take advantage of you, April. I’m not your ex. I won’t push you into anything before your memory returns.” “But what if it doesn’t?” “It will,” JJ said without hesitation for what seemed like the hundredth time. “How can you be so sure?” “Because you’re the strongest woman I know. And the most stubborn. There’s no way you’ll let your brain keep your past from you.”
