Venessa’s POV
“I lie in bed every night wishing it was you beside me,” he said quietly. “When I’m with her, it’s you I think about. I’m trying truly to restrain myself, to ignore what I want and what I need, but it’s getting harder. It’s like you have some kind of power over me, Venessa. When you’re near, time stops. Nothing else matters. Sometimes it feels like I’ve known you before like we’ve crossed paths in another life. You understand me. You see me. You always know exactly what to say, what to do. No one has ever understood me the way you do. I thought it was just the bond, but it’s more than that. It’s you. You’re meant for me.”
His words struck straight through my chest. He knew me truly knew me better than anyone ever had. I’d never been able to hide anything from him. He saw th
