-Anastasia-
I didn’t want to dwell on the past. It was too painful. But I could also understand why Gabriel needed to know, so I told him the truth. Once I did, he leaned back in his seat, seeming to need some time to absorb the information he had been given. When he had processed it, he turned his eyes to me again, scrutinizing me a little.
“And they both caused problems for you?” he inquired.
“No, it wasn’t them. They loved me,” I explained.
“Then what happened?”
“Our different statuses,” I admitted. “It made it too hard for us to be together.”
“So you left?”
“I…” I shook my head, not wanting to go into detail.
“s**t, little one,” he chuckled, and I felt confused by his choice of words. “You really make it hard not to ask a million questions, and it feels like every time you prov
