Book 5: Unexpected Feelings

Cal

I have never been good with people crying.

Let alone women.

To have Heidi sobbing in front of me was not something I was expecting to have to deal with after seeing how fiery and determined she looked a minute ago.

I don’t know how to react. I don’t know what to do to make her feel better.

The way the tears are pooling in her beautiful eyes is enough to make me want to go after whoever did that to her store and just make them disappear from the earth once and for all.

It’s absurd how simply watching her cry is making me visit emotions I’ve never felt before.

She is trying to be strong, wiping the tears from her eyes aggressively, but one more look at me, and all her walls break down.

I glance at Ian, who is now pretending he isn’t even here, and I consider what to do. I don’t want to invade her privacy or do something she might find disrespectful, but I feel like she needs comfort right now.

And if I can do t