“The man that Chloe Bennett loves and the one that you think you are are two very different men. You need to allow yourself to be who you are with Chloe Bennett and be the Elias Miles that the world knows. It’s not one or the other like you think it is. The fact that you have put Chloe Bennett’s happiness ahead of your own cements that she is the one who has been chosen for you.”
“She won’t speak to me,” I whisper.
She stands. “Then make her listen.”
She takes me into her arms. “Go and get your love, and grab her with both hands . . . and never let her go.”
She kisses me on the cheek and, without another word, leaves my apartment.
My mother’s words ring home, loud and clear.
You need to allow yourself to be who you are with Chloe Bennett and be the Elias Miles that the world knows. I
