“I missed your three thousand questions and the way you hold my hand. I missed my little monster. Missed her a lot,” Alex admitted with a huff, like he couldn’t believe it but it didn’t bother him after all. “I was never going to leave you, but I needed to be sure, Gracie, of what we were going to be to each other. And once I was, I made myself think about you. How fair would it be for me, for my family, to take that kind of decision away from you?” he asked.

