Then it struck him. Was this what it was like to be in love? That inexplicable desire to never be apart? The longing to be with the other person at all times? He’d seen Lia and Ren and Ian and Sarah, and even Sarah’s older sister Elise with her husband Michael—they were always happiest in each other’s company. They rarely wished to be apart.
He was happiest when in the company of Mary-Michael Watkins. Even early on when all they did was bicker, he wanted to be in her presence and bicker with her, not with anyone else. Though, he must say he was glad to be past that stage. Now he hated being apart from her and couldn’t foresee that ever changing. Unfortunately, she was still married to Spenser Watkins.
God, it was all so complicated. He wanted a woman who already belonged to another, both
