Chapter Fifty Five

A trace of a smile flickered across his face as he watched me take this in.

“I am sorry about Sarah. And I am also sorry about all those women, but they are in the past now, Ophelia. I can’t change the past, not even if I want to.”

I shuffled upright so our faces were now inches apart. I could almost see the electricity crackling in the air as I licked my lips. His eyes darkened at the action, and I smirked before my expression turned serious again.

“So you mean that have never felt anything more than physical attraction towards a woman before? You have never been in love?” I asked.

I knew that he had told me the answer to this but at the same time, I just couldn’t quite grasp how it could even be possible.

“No," he replied and I looked away.

How could that be? I really wanted to ask him but I refrained from doing so.

“I don’t believe love is as easily achieved as people think. I think… I think you can say ‘I love you’ as much as you want but it doesn’t mean anything when you get