“I’m beating myself up every minute for setting this plan in motion, okay? But it’s too late. They’ve become close. I can’t make her love me again. And I can’t make her stop loving him.” It tasted bad on my tongue as I said it. “You can at least help her try. If you’re dead set on maintaining this ruse you’ve created, you can at least change how it ends. Let her see that you still love her.”

