Chapter 243

• One day, someone could tell you they loved you and never want to see a day without you. And then… and then they leave. Whether it’s a friend choosing someone else to replace you or a lover finding another woman to warm his bed.
• Anna wanted so badly to take away her fears, but she couldn’t tell her that he wouldn’t leave. Anna had the same fear about Lucas always in the back of her mind. Even with a baby in her tummy and a mate mark on their necks.
• “I think…” Anna gripped her hand and placed it in her lap. “I think that I felt the same way you did. I wanted to push Lucas as far away from me as possible so I didn’t let those rotten feelings overtake my heart. I told myself he would leave me, every night. I told myself it meant nothing when he expressed interest in me—because he would just lose interest in me one day.”