#Chapter 180 I Love You

Tessa’s POV

I allowed myself a moment of weakness. I couldn’t help myself.

Seeing Joseph standing in the middle of the cemetery drenched in rainwater made my heart squeeze in my chest.

He was here; he had come.

My entire body responded to his presence, and I couldn’t help but go to him. I wanted to be angry and tell him how hurt I was. I wanted to yell at him and tell him to leave. But I didn’t have it in me.

I didn’t have the strength or energy to argue.

I found myself stepping into his open embrace and burying my face in his very soaked chest. His arms closed around me and cocooned me in his warmth, and for a moment, I forgot it was downpouring all around us. I forgot my horse had taken off without me.

I forgot how hurt I was because of this man.

All that mattered to me in this moment was that Joseph was here and I was in his arms again.

“I tried to talk myself out of coming here…” he finally murmured after what felt like an eternity of silence and holding onto one another like our