Chapter Ten
Lisa
It would have been so easy to respond to his kiss. To fall into his arms. But he had just dropped a bombshell I had never seen coming.
He'd been going to propose?
I needed to get away, to have time to think. Breaking away from him, I made space between us. His expression went slack.
"You need to sort out the film premiere and then talk to your family about your mum when you're back."
"And what, forget my feelings for you? Because I can't do that."
"I need time to think, Ezra. You've been mentally preparing to come back here and to try to win me back, but I've had no clue. None. I've felt blindsided and now you just told me you were planning to propose. But you didn't. We didn't speak again for years. My head's in a mess."
He took a step closer to me. "Mine too. Ali
