Adrian
I'm sorry, Lily...
Whoever said 'sorry' was a magic word had obviously never known how incredibly inadequate the stupid phrase could be when it really mattered. I gritted my teeth, the memory of Lily's disappointment over my less than adequate apology highlighting how much I had failed her. And that was not all. The hurt I knew went deeper than hell itself— something I had done to her, something I could never take back even if I desperately wanted to was still gnawing at me even after two long weeks of not having seen her beautiful face. Not that I expected that flying into Glanbury and engaging in a string of business meetings, whose appointments I could not put off any longer, would erase the stinging effects of the biggest mistake of my existence.
I sighed into Radiant Spring'
