Rhett saunters toward me with the confidence of George Clooney and Ryan Gosling combined, and his lips pull into a smile that incinerates my core and elevates my heartrate. My gaze locks on his, and I wonder if this will be the last time he’ll ever look at me—like this. It’s a very real possibility. I think about telling him the truth. I think about it every day. And then I tell myself I’m in too deep; that I missed that exit miles ago.

