(Scarlett’s POV)
I’m stunned, caught off guard by his sudden confession.
In the three years we’ve been married, Jasper never said ‘I love you,’ to me. Never. But I always believed he did because of how he took care of me in the days before our marriage.
But after Virginia…
His hand slides up my back. His chest rises against mine. I feel his relief, his warmth. The way his whole body exhales just from holding me.
This is too close, too intimate to be okay.
I push on his shoulders, suddenly anxious to get free, to get away from him.
Jasper senses my intention, and loosens his hold. I release a sigh of relief and quickly step away from him, wary.
“Letty?”
I raise my head and find him staring at me in confusion.
“What’s wrong?”
“I…”
Right at that moment, a knock comes from the do
