Evelyn spoke in fits and started telling Ethan more than she'd ever told anyone else.
She talked about the cruel, lonely childhood she'd dragged herself through, and all the bad choices she'd made in men after growing up.
When it came to her messy, heart-wrenching relationship with Adrian, she didn't hold anything back.
There was something freeing about baring your whole painful past to a kindred spirit in a foreign land.
By the time she'd finished letting it all spill out, the tight knot of resentment and grief coiled in her chest had loosened considerably.
With every word, Ethan's heart ached more for her. By the time he heard how Adrian had betrayed and broken her, raw anger burned bright in his eyes.
In the end, he couldn't stop himself. He reached out and gave her hand a gentle,
