“Until it wasn’t,” he continues. “And I’ll admit right now that I started to fall for you pretty fucking quickly. Everything you did, I was in awe of. The more time we spent together, the more you began to occupy my thoughts, and then it was like I couldn’t have a good day unless you were in it. My world was dark and bleak before you bled color into it. You branded yourself on my soul, Ginny. And I handed you the branding iron.”
