“I love you, Summer,” he says, and my breath catches in my throat. I wasn’t expecting him to start there—to go right for it—and now it happened so fast, I feel like I missed it. “Can you just…say that one more time?” I say, my voice trembling. Nathan squeezes my hands. “I love you. And I’m sorry I didn’t say it before. I was scared and overwhelmed and those are the kinds of feelings I’ve been running from for a very long time. But I’m done running. I know I haven’t been seeing things right—that I’ve got some messed up ideas about relationships. But if you’re still willing to gamble on someone
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