Chapter 111

• Ronin was stunned only for a few beats of silence before the corner of his mouth lifted and he closed his eyes, angling his face to indulge deeper into the kiss. The kiss that she had initiated. The kiss that made him feel unrestrained and fascinated in a way he couldn’t quite justify.
• Words had always disappointed him whenever he was anywhere near this woman, always leaving him stupefied by how little he knew about expressing what he was feeling on the inside. Not that he had been extremely well-versed in communicating the deepest of his emotions ever in his life. The truth was, Ronin had always struggled. Struggled to reveal the depths of his emotions, to truly let it all out and not hold back even for a second.
• With Jenna, he had always walked on eggshells. Everything was okay when they were kids. They were good friends and hung out more often than not. But then they grew up, and they both changed in ways he couldn’t have imagined. While she became more ambitious, intolerant, and distant, Ronin turned reserved, angry, and headstrong. Perhaps they had never been right for each other, and that’s why—maybe—they fell apart so easily.