Chapter 76

He summoned control, Sara felt Simon's arms secure around her waist, as looked down into his eyes. Her world had just been upended. He was shaking his head.

“You put me through hell. You’ve turned my life inside out and upside down. Letting you walk out of that apartment was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I had to let you go…and I just prayed that you’d come back to me. And you have.”

He reached up a hand and pulled her head down to his, kissing her deeply. Sara was still struggling to get her breath back, still in shock at what she’d just done, at what he’d just said. As if reading her mind, he pulled back before they went up in flames. He smoothed some hair behind one ear and looked into her eyes.

“I love you, Sara. I'm deeply and madly in love with you. How can you not know that?”

She shook her head faintly; awe made her voice shake. “I couldn’t allow myself to hope it for a second. I knew I had to do this, to tell you how I felt, but I couldn’t con