Chapter 26

Colton admired me, so he had fallen in love, and I was increasingly making him doubt if he should continue with that. Not that I had to change my way of acting for him. Man, someone deserves us to change for them. But considering the way he opened up easily to explain the issue to me, I gave him a kind of gratitude. At least he was fulfilling the promise to bring me back one way or another.

It was hard to swallow the words they wanted to overflow from my throat. I wanted to confess that he was the only man who made me think better about involvement with women. I wanted to say that I thought he was too beautiful to waste time trying to bring me back to life. I wanted to say that he deserved to be with a woman who could give him a family. Someone less complicated.

But I didn't have the courage to say anything. The sincere words got stuck in my throat, and I just acted as I would react at any time I felt cornered. I squeezed my shoulders and raised my chin. It was armor. I couldn'