“But you have,” I snap, my eyes burning with unshed tears. “You have, and I’m terrified you’ll do it again. I barely survived it the first time, but it’ll destroy me this time around, Ares. I can’t do this again.” He cups my face with both hands and frowns. “What are you talking about?” “Sierra’s twenty-first birthday,” I whisper. “I…I came to your room at night. We’d both been drinking too much, but the drinks were exactly what I needed to gather my courage. At that point, we’d been informally engaged. Your grandmother and my parents had both agreed on it, but you and I hadn’t discussed it.
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