An Assurance

"Cara told me about you blaming yourself for what happened.” He said when she said down.

Alex raised her brows and then she blew out the breath she had no idea she was holding before now. Part of her mind had thought that he was trying to propose to her when he said he wanted to ask her something and then he got on one knee.

Don't blame her for being that expectant, but that would be the first thing most women would think that was about to happen. She was glad that that wasn’t the case though, knowing that just now because she wasn’t ready to take that step with him, not when she was broken herself.

“I'll take your silence as acceptance, but I'm baffled that you have to feel that way.” He said.

“You should sit down, you know.” She said. Agreeing that she had been that stupid to blame herself for something she didn’t do wasn’t as easy now.

Gabe shook his head. "Don't try to change the subject, Alex. I don't want you to put yourself in an unnecessary tight corner. I want my woman t