“You see that’s my point. You have never been given a choice in your life and I’m not going to do the same thing to you. Okay, I get it. We’re soul mates. I totally believe that. But I’m not going to tell you that you have to be with me just because we were made for each other. That’s not fair to you,” she paused and then finished with, “or me.”
Cush was pulled from the memory as Oakley’s voice broke the silence of the night air.
“So, what did you tell her?”
“I told her that if the only thing between us had been the Chosen bond then it wouldn’t have been reason enough for me to ask her to walk away from all she’d ever known and spend eternity with me. Then I asked her to tell me she didn’t love me.”
“Dude, you didn’t,” Oakley said as his eyes widened.
Cush nodded. “I did. I also told
