Chapter 63

REESE

“Do you really think I’m trying so hard to win back your love because I have an ulterior motive? Oh, God. You scare me senseless, Valeria. I love you, and I want you with every ounce of my breath.”

Hell, why was she so blind to see that I really cared about her? I was willing to do anything to win her back!

But she's been so clouded by her thirst for revenge that she can't even see the glimmer of truth and trust me.

Deep down, I knew there was a part of her, even the tiniest part, that felt the same way.

For heaven's sake! For the first time in my life, I was too weak to control my emotions. I craved her beside me so terribly that it was sometimes suffocating to breathe. If only I could rip apart my chest so she could see how relentlessly my heart beat for her and only her alone.

It was building inside me like a storm, churning with every passing moment until I couldn’t take it anymore.

"I can’t do this anymore,” I said, the words tumbling out before I could filter them. “I can’