Lily
Three years, I'd been married to Adrian. Three years, I had endured more than his coldness, waiting, praying for the boy and man who held my heart to return to me. Because deep down I knew the boy who'd cared deeply about me once was still there and I was willing to wait for him, for an eternity if that's what it took. The divorce shattered everything, but now he was finally here, staring at me with all the tenderness in the world. Instead of the warmth and love that flowed and filled me each time his mesmerizing green gaze held mine, though, only a coldness threatened to settle in my chest. I looked away, as if that would keep the rising fear at bay, or get Adrian to look away too, but the feel of his intense gaze on my back told me he was still looking.
"Let me love you, Lily." I
