Chapter 29

"No, I don't know." Could she still be angry with him after hearing him say that there was nothing with Gabriela? Colton was right about one thing, he couldn't change his past. Nobody could. But I still felt a thorn that was bothering me." Why did you wait so long?

He looked at me confused.

"Waiting for?

“Why did you take so long to tell me how you felt about me?

“I wasn't sure about getting involved with you. Once you come into my life, I can hardly get you out of there, and at some point I know you're going to wish you wanted to get out. That's why I'm giving you an out right now. I am the least suitable for a relationship; I have a lot to carry around and that doesn't make me possible boyfriend material.

Colton was giving me an out. A way out of him and everything that was involved: his past with my cousin, with Elena and with so many others he was with. His weird side of hiding his niece, his su