Chapter 88

• "Max..."
• "God, I missed you. Your smile, your laugh, your touch, the way you smell..." He leaned closer to get a whiff of her scent. "When you left the first time, I didn't allow myself to think about you. I thought you didn't want me so I couldn't allow myself to want you" he moved his hand to cradle her face, looking into her eyes "This time it was different Em. I thought about you day and night, which was torture. I don't know if I would have survived those nine years if I'd allowed myself to think of you"
• "I'm sorry because I always run whenever we have a problem"