The pain from biting his lower tongue without even knowing it was far more physically uncomfortable than any other pain Derek had in years, but he wasn't affected by it.
Only how he was going to answer Emily's question.
“Emily, I thought you and I decided to leave that in the past.”
“We did.” Emily pouted. “But I can't stop myself from thinking, Derek and if you want us to move on, you would have to tell me.”
Derek sighed, his arm moved from behind her. Clearly, this was a frustrating conversation.
His hand moved to wipe his face.
“Well, Is there no way we could just move on with talking about the past, Emily, it hurts me to bring up issues I believed we had already solved. I forgave you and decided to be patient with you, the least you could do is the same.”
Her face still had the
