《My Cheating Mate》全部章節：第 461 章 - 第 470 章

"That's fair," I said. "I haven't been consistent. I've been showing up when guilt pushes me and retreating when it's painful. That's not—that's not reliable and you've had no reason to trust that I'll actually be there." "I'm not saying this to make you feel bad—" "I know. You're telling the tr

A Second Chance Marcus pov An hour after we'd both fallen back asleep, Maryann woke again. I felt her moving carefully beside me—trying not to disturb anything, trying to manage independently, which I was beginning to understand was just her baseline approach to everything. "I need to—" She

A Second Chance Maryann pov Marcus carried me inside because the path from the car to the front door had icy patches and neither of us wanted a repeat of the hospital floor situation. I told myself that's why I didn't protest this time. Practicality. His house was warm. Lived-in in the way t

A Second Chance Marcus pov I wasn't entirely sure when I'd moved from the chair to the bed. Somewhere in the early morning hours, after Maryann's breathing had been steady for a long time and the chair had been doing its steady work on my spine. I remembered thinking I'd just sit on the edge f

A Second Chance Marcus pov After breakfast Maryann looked down at herself with the particular expression of someone who had reached their limit with a specific situation. "I need a shower," she said. "I feel disgusting. Three days of hospital and—" She stopped. "I can manage alone if someone j