Chapter 101 Pain And Anger

• She drew in a breath and pushed herself to a sitting position. “I’d like to believe that, but you said there’s something you need to tell me. That there’s a reason we can’t be together. As much as I don’t want to hear it, I need to know what it is so we can get past it.”
• He sat up beside her and gazed into her sincere blue eyes. Hope welled in him that maybe, just maybe, she would understand and they could get past it, then forge a loving relationship together.
• He took her hand and kissed it, then held it within both of his.