She hadn’t meant to say it aloud. It was supposed to stay trapped in her head where an explanation wouldn’t have to follow, but they had slipped and now he was probing her, now he was wondering. Now he knew that her refuge was in his arms. That the comfort she felt even after removing herself from his life for two years was overwhelming. Morgan was swallowed by confusion because she had never felt anything for him before. Sure, they had been friends, but her emotion was so bound by Messiah that she had none left over for anyone else.
