The sad thing is, nobody ever really knows how much anyone else is hurting. We could be standing next to somebody who is completely broken, and we couldn't even know it.
A shy smile formed on Aubrey's beautiful pink plum lips as she leaned into the gentle touch of a big, warm hand caressing her soft cheek. She blinked her big misty blue eyes, locking her gaze with the broad-shouldered, handsome man who regarded her as though she were the most precious thing in the whole world. "There's something in my heart that yearns for you, but there's another voice that tells me I no longer reside in your thoughts. Yet, this heart refuses to give up. There is still a glimmer of hope that you might love me in return," she confessed, her voice husky and throaty with emotion. Sunlight filtered through t
