Fresh, hot tears instantly stung the corners of my eyes, blurring my vision, but I absolutely refused to let them fall down my face in front of him. I would not show him my weakness. “You had two entire years to choose me, Tyler,” I said to him very quietly, my voice cracking under the weight of the emotion but remaining solid and clear. “Two long years of keeping my heart trapped in the friend zone while you went out and dated every single other girl in this town. And now that I am finally, genuinely happy with a man who wants me, you want to come here and shame my choices?” He scoffed loudly at my statement, rolling his eyes toward the ceiling. “Happy? You honestly call being someone’s brainless biker b***h happy? Wake up from this crazy dream, Tessa. The man is just using your innocen

