Ryder
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I didn’t expect Maya to want to move on from Liam, heck, I didn’t expect her to give me a chance. Not really.
But here she is, her fingers brushing gently against my arm like I’m something delicate. Something worth touching.
“I know I said I’m ready to move on from Liam,” she murmurs, her voice barely above a whisper, “but that doesn’t mean it’ll be easy and I don’t want my first relationship to be this way; me still in love with someone else.”
I reach for her face, holding her jaw with both hands like she’s something precious. “I don’t plan to rush you, Koala. I’m not expecting you to fall in love with me overnight, okay?”
I press my thumb against her bottom lip, and she stills. Her breath catches in her throat.
“I’m a patient man,” I whisper. “And I know it won’t t
