Chapter 131

• ASHLEY'S POV
• I have never loved any man the way I love Micheal. Not in my wildest dreams did I think I was capable of this kind of love—the kind that claws at your ribs and makes your chest feel too heavy and too light at the same time. If it meant keeping him safe, I would burn to keep him warm. If it meant keeping him alive, I would give every last drop of myself, every breath, every tear….to save him.
• But when the man you love looks you in the eye and asks you to move in with him, that's not just love anymore. That's a whole new commitment, a kind of surrender I wasn't sure I was ready for.