Chapter 48

• [ANASTASIA]
• Uh… I haven’t been awkward in a long while, probably because I haven’t been close to any other man in a long time, Ivan especially. Not that the thought of any other man had ever even crossed my mind. For as long as I was away, my kids were my world; they still are. I wish I could say my awkwardness was the result of my uncertainty regarding a situation, but it was not.
• I knew exactly what was going on here, and I couldn’t help but be ashamed of myself.