Iris patted the back of his hand to comfort him. "You thought I was dead back then. There was nothing you could have done. Honestly, I still cannot believe how absurd it all was. I was literally one step away from getting on that plane."
Lucas' eyes were deep and dark. He pulled her into his arms. "I never imagined things would turn out that way. After I surrendered to my family, I told myself it was alright even if we could not be together, as long as you were safe and sound, living somewhere under the same sky. The year you left New York, I forced myself not to go looking for news of you. I thought you had chosen to let go, and I had no right to disturb your life anymore. But the less I saw of you, the more I missed you. The day of Warren's funeral, when you said you wanted to marry him
