During the time Ally had spent without him, she’d been replaying their last conversation over and over in her head. Torturing herself with every little detail, punishing her soul with every single word.
There was a thought that constantly nagged her then. She hated how the sadness filled his eyes, how wounded he had been about realizing he did not even know where she lived. It made her heart sink with ache every time she pictured his face. His disappointment haunting her.
She knew perfectly well he’d opened himself to her, sharing his friends, his passions, his life. And in return she’d given him nothing. Shutting him out. Avoiding any kind of real intimacy.
She’d sworn that if she ever got the chance... that if he ever came back to her, she would make up for that and more. And now t
