“Nate, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I should have trusted you, implicitly. But this is hard for me. It’s always going to be hard for me. I never learned how to love someone the right way.” She gasped, unleashing a great, choking sob, and Nate instinctively rocked toward her. “Cora…” “I’ll get better, Nate. If you let me try, I want to try…but I understand, if you prefer someone whole, someone easy, someone—” “Stop.” “Nate, I’m not—” “I love you.” He strode forward, his gaze searing as he bridged the distance between them. “You maddening woman. Do you hear yourself? You are the love of my goddamned
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