“Grace, last night meant everything to me…” I trailed off again, searching for what else I was trying to say. “I can hear you hesitating. I know you’re not ready to say we’re officially engaged again. That’s okay. I haven’t taken your ring off, but not because I think we’re going to start planning a wedding. I still wear it because taking it off would feel like giving up. And I can’t do that.” The sting of tears hit my eyes and I swallowed hard against the lump in my throat. I wasn’t just unworthy, I was lower than the dust beneath her feet. “I don’t know why you still love me. I haven’t done
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