Slow the hell down, Ingram.
But it was hard, so hard, when the woman he loved had just admitted she had feelings for him. That she had for years. Everything in him wanted to take that and run with it, not wasting another second. Because Maggie Reynolds loving him back had been his holy grail, and for the first time, the possibility of a real future with her finally felt like it was within his grasp. He could see the yearning on her face, feel her responding to the pull between them. But he also saw her hesitation. Read that flicker of uncertainty in her eyes as she processed and analyzed and turned over all the angles. She was still learning to trust―herself and what she felt as much as him. Not starting from zero didn’t mean she was fully caught up either.
You can be patient a while lon
