Chapter 5
Maggie stood there, rooted with shock. What the hell could she say? Porter had just obliterated her belief that he’d been acting purely out of noble intentions all those years ago. It was the thing that had enabled her to walk away. To save him from throwing his life away on her. Because it couldn’t have been real.
Except…he loved her. Now. Still. For fifteen years. Jesus. She’d have been…fourteen back then. Ari’s age. The entire concept of that made her brain implode.
So Maggie didn’t dare open her mouth on the short drive home. Porter said nothing, his face settling back into the relaxed, easy-going lines she was used to. As if he hadn’t just rocked her world with his declaration and wasn’t feeling...something about her lack of response. Never once had it occurred to her tha
