Emerald
“Nothing has been fine since you got involved in that accident,” Marcus began, his voice trembling with pain. “I couldn’t live without you, babe. I still can’t. I need you in my life, with me.”
My eyes burned with unshed tears, my heart weighed down by a grief I had carried for too long. My throat tightened, making it hard to breathe. I wanted to cry,
not just for this moment, but for the girl I used to be. The girl who had once wanted Marcus so desperately, who had convinced herself he was worth everything, until it all went sideways.
I had longed to hear those words from him, to feel wanted so badly that nothing else mattered. I hadn’t even cared much when he made me dye my hair or change my clothes to resemble Francesca. I’d let him mold me into her because I just wanted him
