Chapter 62 A Step Closer, A Step Back

• The next morning, Rose woke up with a headache. Her pillow was damp from restless tossing and turning, and her mind replayed Christian’s words over and over like a broken record.
• “I don’t regret it… but I can’t give you what you deserve.”
• She sat up slowly, wrapping her arms around her knees. The ache in her chest wasn’t physical, but it might as well have been. She knew he had walls, thick ones, but hearing him say those words stung more than a clean rejection ever could. It felt like he’d pulled her in just to push her away.