Mateo crawls into bed with Maggie, and she curls up in his arms. She can’t explain why she freaked out so badly, but she feels as if she should apologize. He keeps telling her it’s not necessary, but … she just can’t help it. This is why she chose her old lifestyle. It’s easier not to have to explain her mood swings to someone. She didn’t have to talk about her feelings. Better yet, she didn’t have to feel them.
However, she couldn’t imagine her life without Mateo anymore, and with him came the dreaded feelings. She was going to have to learn how to live in the now and keep the rest of it down. She couldn’t let her past interfere and ruin what was probably her last chance at happiness.
She feels Mateo’s soft lips touch her fingers and she looks up.
He is such a kind man. He wouldn’t har
