I swallowed, nodding slowly. "I don't even have a choice. Kevin left me none."
"He is dead," Gray said, his voice cold as he slowly walked up to me. I watched him as he covered the distance, till I could feel the heat of his body, till there was almost nothing between us.
"I am the one who stands in front of you, Evangeline. I am your husband now."
I nodded, and my grip on the keys loosened a little. All of the resolve I had racked up in order to come to him had dissolved in the face of reality. If I continued being naive and gave up my space to Samantha, the space she had so willingly switched at first, the space she was only coming back to because Kevin was dead, I would end up stranded once again. I will end up alone again. I will end up with no one.
Gray slowly raised his hands to
