‘Confess that you knew I wouldn’t be able to resist,’ Hayden whispered into her ear when they lay exhausted, yet still awake in each other’s arms.
‘I hoped you wouldn’t be,’ she admitted with a giggle. ‘I really did.’
‘I had no chance,’ he laughed aloud and kissed his wife’s neck.
‘I had no choice,’ Lana went on, stroking his back.
‘I’m glad you did it. Honestly.’
For a while, they kept quiet, then Hayden spoke again, as if thinking out loud.
“I don’t know. I seem to react abnormally in certain situations. I felt like I was suffocating with despair, you know? When that happens, my brain just switches off. That’s how it is.’
‘My mum always tells me, nobody is born with the ability to handle conflict. This is something we’ll continuously learn, and with any luck, we’ll get better and
