CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TWO

Sarah

Lucas looks uncomfortable and I still love him. The connection is still there. So, I want to do everything I can to ease that feeling for him.

Yet I’ve learned that sometimes people just need space. We’ll need lots of space to grow from this. So, I wait. I allow him to take his time.

“Maybe we could go on a date tonight,” he says. “Just you and me. Everyone loves Fergus. We’d easily be able to find someone to watch him.

“I don’t know. I think we just need to reconnect a little bit. Would you want to go on a date with me?”

He looks so vulnerable in this moment. I want to hold him and never let him go. I want to assure him I’d go anywhere with him, as long as I could be with him.

Pain still holds me back though. It keeps me from being my full self around him. I know it’s not his fault, but I still can’t fully let go of all he put me through.

“I…” I hesitate until I look into the eyes of my mate. “I’d like that. I’d love that. Where would you like to go?”

“A surprise,” he