Maddie
Those words made my heart ache. 'I can make you so much happier,' he had said, and part of me wanted him to.
I knew he could.
I felt terrible. Likewise, I felt guilty. Guilty because I still loved him.
Despite everything and the fact I had chosen Derek over him, my heart couldn't help longing for him, longing for Stephen... I loved him, I knew I did, and I knew it was wrong, and that was why those words, those words that silky smooth tongue of his uttered...
That's why I knew they were true. And he knew it too.
Just as I was consumed by my inner turmoil, eyes locked with the blonde, I heard a deep voice call my name—it was Derek.
I looked back at him, seeing him approach with a light smile as I stood. Stephen remained seated with an expression completely opposite to what he w
