“I know things about you that could potentially be embarrassing, but I only care to know them because my heart, and my family name, are that important to me,” Ashley stated patiently.
Tyler swallowed.
Every time she said the word “heart,” something stirred in his.
“You’re seeing Vincent Kramer’s girlfriend, not so?”
Tyler’s face paled.
“How –”
“I told you, my heart is priceless,” she cut in gently.
Tyler spun away and took three steps back, away from the Lady before him, his mind analyzing what was being said, and what was not.
After a moment, the new Tyler Varsen turned back to the seemingly new Ashley Belarnt. Two people who no longer needed to pretend to be less than they were. Two people who had to face the elephant in the space between them, which both had been ignoring for mo
