Chapter 83

He nodded, "I was so determined to ruin Bruce using his sister Jennifer too, but then I met you, and without even trying, you touched something inside of me. You made me care. Stopped me from becoming a monster, and made me start to care about more important things than revenge. Hell, I even became friends with Jennifer. She had been trying to reach out to me after the accident, but my mother and sister just weren’t ready to have her around at such a time."

“Oh Scott”

“When I had that accident, I was on my way to you. I wanted to tell you that I missed you. I was still running away from the way I felt about you, and I wasn’t ready to admit my feelings to myself, but I missed you… badly. And I was coming to you… to tell you… And that’s when I… I… What I’m trying to say, Vivian, is that you’re an amazing woman, and I… I…”

Enough was enough. She had heard his declaration, seen the evidence of it in his eyes. Now she wanted him close—as close as a man and woman could b