“Rob…” Her hands trembled in my grasp as she stared at me with imploring eyes, and my chest clenched again.
This tightening in my chest took me back to my past. M… my young days when I’d confessed my heart to a woman. A woman I’d cherished, loved, and envisioned my future with—but what had she done? She’d stomped all over my heart and shredded it into pieces.
Damnit, I was feeling like a teenager all over again. I was scared to admit something to Renee, but the consequences be damned.
This would be the first time I’d say these words in the last fifteen years, but it would be worth it. I knew it.
However, slow we were taking this, I couldn’t hold back this thought anymore, so I said.
“This may be too soon, Renee, but I’ve fallen in love with you in the short period we’ve been together.
