Chapter 106 It Slipped

• For a heartbeat, I almost asked for it back. But the words wouldn’t come. Maybe because I already knew I’d given it to her once, and taking it back would mean admitting what that used to mean.
• “Daphne,” I said finally, “whatever we had back then… it wasn’t real. It was me pretending to be something I wasn’t. The kind of man who thought control meant affection.”
• Her lips pressed together, but she didn’t look away.