Julian knelt outside Willa's apartment building for three straight days.
Through freezing winds and torrential rain, he remained absolutely frozen in place. He gritted his teeth, desperately praying for Willa to just grant him one single conversation.
"Willa, just go talk to him."
Lucas wrapped his arms gently around Willa from behind.
Willa hadn't expected Lucas to be the one pushing her to see Julian.
Just a few days ago, after Julian had ambushed them, Lucas had held her fiercely in his arms, asking her the same terrifying question over and over.
"Willa, do you still love him?"
"I don't."
Even though she had answered with unhesitating certainty, Lucas had still pressed her into the mattress, banging her with a desperate intensity.
"Don't ever leave me. Willa, you pulled m
