Chapter 72

Jake

I felt relieved to have her finally back home, I still had some work to do to fix things between us. But I was going to try.

We had had dinner together and as much as I wanted to steal a kiss a time or two I didn’t, I needed her to know she could trust me. Plus, something she had said earlier had stuck with me. She didn’t think I had given her a choice. I wanted her to know that she did, even if after this Carter mess was over if she wanted to still walk away. I’d let her.

The thought weighed heavy on my chest I knew the pain I would feel would consume me. I just had to hope that this time together I could prove to her that I am the man she needs to be with. There is that constant pull between us, I wanted things to be more than that or for her to know that what we had went deeper.

I have told her countless times of my feelings for her; I knew she believed me. I also knew that if I continued to act the way I did then words alone would not be enough. For her I was going to try to