“You said you cared about me, and I care about you. More than anything else in this world.” A rough plea hoarsened his words. “Please, darling. I know I broke my promise once, but I’ll never do it again. Not when I know it means losing you.” It would be so easy to give in. To collapse into his arms and let him sweep us away from this excruciating torment. On the surface, his reasoning made sense. Why shouldn’t we be together? There was nothing holding us back now but ourselves. Except we were often our own biggest obstacles, and if I papered over our issues now, they would only fester and grow
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