Chapter 95

But he did love her. He did. So damn much. Why hadn’t he told her? The answer was right in front of him. He was scared.

Scared of getting hurt. Scared of being taken for granted. Scared of her leaving him… Because she was so amazing. Who wouldn’t want her?

She wasn’t the only one who was hurt… and scared and frustrated.

He loved her. He might not put stock in that emotion, but he believed she believed in it. And in that highly charged moment, he had seen they needed a breather. A reset of some kind. He’d been aware of that for a while now. Since they had started arguing about almost every single thing.

Her words kept eating at him. Was this how she had been feeling since that mess with his family? Stung by a lack of faith so bitter all she could taste was gall? It was a terrible feeling.

The irony was, he hadn’t been giving her the silent treatment as she seemed to think. He had been staying late to final