GRIFFIN’s POV
“Is Rosie in her crib?”
“Yes, fast asleep, as nothing happened tonight,” Mia answers but looks regretful the moment the words left her mouth.
“Sorry I...”
“Don’t apologise for anything, I should be the one apologising.” Mia walked closer to me, standing between my legs while I sit at the edge of the bed. I know she’s waiting for me to break some s**t or pull out a bottle of whiskey, but not tonight.
Tonight I want her, I want her to be close to me, closer than ever before. I need to know that the reason she wanted Josh to live was that she was still just Mia. The woman I fell madly in love with, because of her kindness, her love and always the ongoing forgiveness.
“You know you can talk to me, right?” she pulled my chin up to look at her, but I would rather just st
