Michelle
"I don't like where this is going," I mumbled under my breath, counting my fingertips—an old habit from childhood.
"I love you."
"What?" I raised my eyes and found his, brimming with so much emotion it nearly broke me.
"What the heck are you talking about?"
His face slowly softened into a smile. "I said, I love you," he repeated, his voice gentle. "I always have, and I think I always will. Of course, I understand that you're not going to like me right off the bat. Especially not after what happened," he added softly. "But I’m not going to try and take you away anymore. I understand that what I did wasn’t right by you."
"Yeah." I gritted my teeth. "No kidding, Bruce," I snapped. "But this doesn’t make any sense." I chuckled, but it was hollow. There was no way a man like h
