Those words carried such an obvious hint of getting back together that Jillian's mind went completely blank for a second.
She couldn't wrap her head around what Nathan was playing at.
Wait—did Nina end up in jail, so now he's crawling back to her?
The second that thought popped into her head, a sharp, sour ache twisted in Jillian's chest.
She had loved Nathan, sure, but that love had been worn down to nothing long ago by years of endless hurt.
Jillian lifted her head and shook it slowly, but firmly.
In an instant, the faint glimmer of hope in Nathan's eyes shattered into a million tiny pieces.
He leaned forward, voice tight with urgency. "Why? Is it because of Nina? But I had my reasons back then..."
Nina...
Every time that name came up, Jillian's fingers curled tighter around the
