I didn’t reply. I didn’t know if he is or not. He was just so easy to talk to and someone who makes you want to tell him everything.
“What could possibly be so bad it would destroy Stone?”
My mouth went dry, along with my lips, and I made a vain attempt at wetting them with my tongue. My throat constricted around the sudden lump in it, and my heart pounded so hard that it was threatening to break free of the restraints of my chest.
“I can’t help you if I don’t know everything,” Ivan said softly.
I clenched my hands into fists. My nails dug into my sweaty palms, and I squeezed my eyes shut. “Promise you won’t think any less of me.”<