“You really read them all?” I ask, dumbfounded. “I did. Well, the hero did, and he’s exhausted. Stayed up way too late last night, reading the last one. Turns out, his sister was right. The books were an inside peek into what he’d already known. Your past might have hurt you, but it also built you.” “Then, why didn’t he come back home?” He stands before me, and I tilt my head up as he gently explains, “It wasn’t to be cruel. It was because it’s what she needed. She doesn’t need a man coming into her life and telling her what she wants. She deserves a man who will let her figure out what she
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