Raina had always hesitated. Every time the words were on the tip of her tongue, she’d delay again and again, unable to say them out loud. Deep down, it was because she was afraid. Because she wasn’t nearly as good as Leif imagined her to be.Maybe he had heard about her past—how she got pregnant out of wedlock, how her face had been disfigured. Maybe people had talked about her behind her back, slandered her, called her worthless. But in the end, none of that really mattered.At that moment, Leif said calmly, “I won’t.”Raina froze.She looked at him, a bit confused. “What won’t?”Leif said, “No matter what you’re about to say, or whatever you’ve done in the past, it doesn’t matter. I… I’ll never walk away from you. They say all good things must come to an end, but no matter what happens, I won’t leave.”Raina’s pupils contracted into pinpoints. In that moment—in this setting, facing this man, his face, his expression, his tone—why… why did it feel so familiar, as if she had heard it
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