To Love & To Hold
"And I looked at you, really looked at you, and I thought, 'That's us. That's exactly what we've been doing.' Three years of pretending, of making excuses, of hiding behind that contract." He shook his head. "Something just... snapped. I couldn't do it anymore. I had to know what it would feel like to kiss you, even if it ruined everything."
"It didn't ruin everything," she said softly.
"It almost did. If you hadn't collapsed, if Marcus hadn't texted me..." He couldn't finish the thought. "You would have been gone. I would have come home to an empty room and a cancelled lease, and I never would have known..."
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