~Lynlee~
The thing about writing a swoon-worthy man in a story is you have time to go back and edit the things he says. You can craft and perfect them so the character says all the right things in the exact right way.
Sebastian isn’t a character in a book. He’s a real man humbling himself, admitting his flaws to show me who he really is. His confession erased every objection to our relationship I could ever remember having.
Sebastian wasn’t a hateful or vindictive man. He was a broken child who learned to cope and survive by hurting others before they could hurt him. The vulnerable look in his eyes tugged at my chest. I wanted to protect him; he deserved to be protected. Just like he protects me.
My mind went back to Ottawa. To the way he was when we were trapped together in that sma
