To lose her after that would break him.
He loved her blunt way of speaking, her vibrant spirit, her dedication to her career, her incredible body…
He just loved her.
Maybe he was a fool bound to have his heart burned to ashes, but he couldn’t help how he felt. He’d known from the first time he’d met her that she was exactly the kind of woman he wanted. Their time together and now their deeply revealing chats only solidified that.
She had changed the relationship by telling him about the teenaged fight with her brother and her suicidal thoughts after. His selfish desire to have her in his life had shifted to a powerful need to make sure she had someone who appreciated everything she was, exactly as she was with all her facets and flaws. Ainsley certainly did, but she had a family of her
