“I love those things about you.” “Then...somethin’ else.” Dipping down, I kiss the tip of her nose. “I wish I had died that day so you woulda been spared this pain.” Her eyes bug wide. “Why would you say that?” I shrug. “Because it’s true. Stayin’ alive has caused more people pain than if I had just died. Jase wouldn’t have felt abandoned, Mariah wouldn’t have had to divorce me, and you woulda never met me. Maybe Jase and you woulda worked out in the end after all. Who knows.” “I hope you don’t mean that. If you’d died, I woulda spent a lifetime alone, waitin’ for you to show up because you’re
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